LeT's WaStE tImE...cHaSiNg CaRs

If I lay here,

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me

And just forget the world?

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

Alot of people have heard the origional version of this song on the radio, it seems to play almost 12 times a day so it's impossible to miss, but yesterday I heard the acoustic version. Music can be polished to perfection and still people are touched by the rawness and sadness of the uncleaned truth. Without anesthetic as it were.

I guess it's kind of the same with life when you think about it. You can have the smarts, the athletisism, the looks and the world but sometimes that is not what should be envied. The simple joy of a smile can sometimes become a seldom used luxury by many. Love isn't necessary but to be loved is the most crucial part of anyones life.

The knowledge that someone wants you, even for the breath of a moment. A family, friends, a stranger who decides to smile at you for no reason at all. Sometimes all that one person could ever want is the simple acceptance afforded by a hug, a smile, even just a listening ear. For an hour, for a minute, for a lifetime, it's irrelevant, there is not a soul who doesn't want it but there are so many who could never understand how valuble it is to be loved. Some who could never understand the pricelessness of what they have, even if it isn't enough for them.

But it's not even the recieving of that love that you can recieve a gift beyond any kind of mere human worth, the acceptance of the love you give is a greater joy. The knowledge that your love is wanted, needed and treasured. So few people get that, even within their families. Why is it so hard it just express our love? It's taken as a given but every moment should be remembered and appreciated and reciprocated.

You do not make me who I am. If you had chosen not to love me I would still have existed but loving you and being loved has enriched my life and my soul, a soul.