Ray of Hope

Ray of Hope for Rissa

This post is completely out of schedule, but something happened today to make me wish to share this song of mine with you all. I want to use my words, my magic, to inspire hope in you.

Songs are also part of the magic of language. It's not only written language. Actually, Ray of Hope has been a poem before it became a song. I didn't plan to write lyrics but just needed to get those feelings out of me lest I burst with them. After the poem was written, the melody sneaked into my head and asked to be written down. So that's how my words turned into a song this time.

Today, I have added a second stancer for someone who can really need hope and prayers right now, and I dedicated my song to her. For all of you who want to do more than just send hope, please visit "Rissa's Battle" to learn more about what happened and how to help.

I want to ask all of you to use your power of words today to inspire hope in someone who desperately needs hope to overcome a difficult situation.

Let your language love, your personal magic, unfold!

Lyrics:

Darkness spreads its veil over the land.
Nothing moves, all is frozen in shock.
Cold seeps through ev'ry fibre of life.
A new golden sun emerges from the shadows
to send a ray of hope over the land.

A tender blossom dares to break the earth.
Now it is weak and the cold is stron,
yet with time and care and light
a new life might grow into existence.

Darkness ...

For you, dear Rissa, I will send my hope!
You're not alone, we all pray for you.
With our love and care and thoughts
you will have the strength to beat this cancer.

Darkness ...

Language Is More Than Words; It's Magic!

If you have ever come across that saying, you have come across me somewhere. I coined it. It's my motto, no, it's my life. I live this magic. Language has always fascinated me. It gives me power.

You don't see that power?

Have you never wondered why some people seem to get everything they want and others don't? Oh well, maybe it's the looks. But I bet you most of the times it has to do with language. You see, what you say and how you say something has a huge influence on how people react to you. If you apologize for having forgot your bus ticket and you do it friendly and with a smile, you might just get away with it. However, if you just blantly say, 'Hey, everyone has a bad day and forgets his ticket sometimes, so why bother?' you won't have that much luck.

Another example. I am a writer. I love to write, to create. With the use of language, I have the power to create whole worlds, to bring people into life and to kill them again. I have the power to draw pictures of landscapes or to make my readers laugh and cry. All I need for this power is language. It is inside of me; it is inside of everyone. Whether you use your native language or a foreign language, it makes you powerful. You might not be able to draw pictures with a foreign language but just think of the bridges you can build between people of different native languages. You have the power.

Nothing else is so magical. If real magic has ever existed on earth, it has existed in language. And it still does. Just take a moment, stop what you were just doing, feel inside and find that magic inside of you. I know it is there!