Not sure exactly why this song calls to me today, but something about it touches a deep place. I hear something of the power of presence, kindness, and relational risk coupled with the real complexities of each new day… and hope. Please, God don’t forget the dare that is hope. Under this piece is an anthropology wooing us to open to the humanity of encounter.
“You just never know.” One never knows how an encounter with another lands. Will it bless? Curse? Will I see? Value? Love? This moment is my chance.
Thanks Kevin, and all out there searching for the least inadequate forms & words to faithfully express something of your reality… so grateful for the expressions of your experience. Thank you.
A Random Act of Kindness
by Kevin Morby
Out of time Out of time, out of money Out of time, out of money, honey Out of lust Out of lust, out of trust Out of lust, out of trust for the sky over my head Sun came up, through my hands Sun came up, with no plan Sun came up, strike up the band Out of grace Out of grace, out of style Out of grace, out of style, can you sit a little while? Out of dreams in my head So it seems the nightmares will greet me at my bed Shut me up, if you can Shut me up, take my hand Shut me up, be a friend, through a random act of kindness Out of town Out of town, for a moment Out of town for a moment, I'll be back tomorrow Out of sight, out of nowhere Out of sorrow, out of thin air Out of touch, out of spite Out of loneliness Out of soldiers in the moonlight Casting shadows twirling dancers Across the bodies, across the waters, across the universe Lift me up by my hand Lift me up if you can Lift me up, be my friend, through a random act of kindness One that's done from blindness Sun came up... (repeat)
Peace, dwight
“A Random Act of Kindness”
