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Viva la vida
long live life

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Cold Play singing…
Viva la Vida…
…joining strength, passion, energy…
…the awakening of wisdom…
the song…the dance…the energy

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Viva la vida…
memories of younger years…
a song of…
the naive, youthful sense of “importance,” power and influence…

And then…
life moving along…
years passing…
varieties of inevitable “disappointments” and “humblings” coming our way…
perhaps experienced  with some degree of disbelief…disillusionment…maybe even dismay
humility rising…
humility realized,
understanding the unfulfilled hopes…and disappointments… of all people
realizing the inevitable traps of  overly narrow “expectations…”
moving along…
relinquishing, accepting, understanding, adjusting…
slowly….slowly…”wisdom” awakening,
acceptance
appreciating what is…
in each moment…
simply appreciating
“what is…”
~ simply appreciating ~
Viva la Vida!

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the raw strength, power and energy of song!
(great when turned up full blast…full volume!)

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below, the lyrics from Viva la Vida, by Cold Play
so many metaphoric lessons is these lyrics…

As we live our lives….
shifting…shifting…shifting
“from Ambition! …. to meaning,
from Doing! ….to being,
from Quantity! … to quality,
from ME! … to we,
from Acquisition! …. to divestiture”

learning to make those 5  important shifts as we live
(from Angeles Arrien…Second Half of Life)

learning to live more authentic, connected, generous lives

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Shifting…
from valuing Power!  Ambition! Doing!  Quantity!  ME!  Acquisition!
to appreciating cooperation, meaning, being, quality, we, divestiture,
~ living with goodness, kindness and generosity ~

~ simply appreciating ~
Viva la Vida

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