This song was originally written as a song about trust. The words were incredibly ridiculous but I was determined to write a song this particular evening many years ago. My husband was and still is my best critic and I look to him for honest feedback. When I played this song for him he laughed so hard and said "You've got to be kidding". But I wasn't , I was really serious and acted as though I was quite offended. So about a week or so later while taking a canoe ride down a lazy river I said to him., "OK smart ass, see what you can do with the melody". And  this was the end result of our joint venture in songwriting. You will notice several references to nature.  And I must admit, the words and meaning in this song are sooooo much better than the original.

My life today is like a river
flowing gently down the stream
no longer do I fight the current
I have learned to just let go
it feels so free to just let go.

I've shed my tears into the river
and so it is that we are one
the wind has whispered softly to me
"You're new life has just begun"
it feels like my life's just begun.

In the past my fear was frozen
deep inside, I could not move
until I took flight like a bird whose startled
by a sudden stirring change
and now my life is rearranged.

    Overflowing past the edge
     or drying till its empty
      this is the natural ebb and flow
       as it keeps moving gently.

The river keeps on rolling forward
sweeping towards its destiny
giving life to all who dare to
ride along its mystery
my life has been a mystery.

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