The Dance

OK - confession time - I LOVE Country Music. I mean the real stuff - jeans, boots and cowboy hats. Not the faux-country stuff peddled by a certain Donegal-based crooner that the grannies all love! Garth Brooks was the first Country Artist I heard. We were on honeymoon in Dublin in '94, when he played The Point. Everywhere you went, his picture and music were all over the place. We've seen him twice live - Croke Park in Dublin, and King's Hall in Belfast. Best.Concerts.Ever! This song is my favourite song, by my favourite artist.

It has a particular resonance for me. When you've been hurt before it's hard to take the chance on happiness again. The problem is, when a relationship ends, someone always gets hurt. Thing is, though, you won't get hurt if you don't take the chance. And if you don't take the chance, you'll never have the good times. Sometimes it's better to take the chance, not knowing what's ahead, and enjoy the good times, rather than lose out altogether.
"Our lives are better left to chance, I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the Dance".

If you get a chance at a relationship, grab it with both hands. If you don't, you WILL miss the pain, but you'll also miss all the good times, the love, the friendship, and everything that goes before....

I've linked through to the video below, and as he himself says, the video illustrates a subtext of the song - that of someone who has led a life of so much promise, but yet has been taken from us too soon. Regardless of the meaning you choose, the song is, and will remain one of my favourite songs, both in the lyrics and the beautiful simplicity of the musical arrangement.

Watch the video here :

Garth Brooks - The Dance

Where has the time gone?

It's been over a year since my last entry. So. Where was I?
Oh yes. Previously in my life.....
Had a job, lost it, got a new one. Had another really bad breakdown on New Years Eve, of all days. Minor cardiac scare (if such a thing can be called "minor"). I could go on, but I won't.....for now.

I am going to try to blog at least once a week from now on, even if its just to say nothing much happened, but I suspect I'll find plenty to talk about.


To be continued......