I’m so excited to finally share with you this beautiful arrangement of my song “Droplet” that my brother made for me. (He is an incredibly talented musician, composer, and audio engineer.) I created this lyric video to go with it, after filming our creek for the backdrop.
Thanks for listening, and I hope this song uplifts you as much as it does me!
About the song
(This is from the original “Droplet” post with my live video for the song.)
I wrote this song as a tool for helping myself overcome anxiety. By default, my mind believes that it can and must keep everyone and everything under control in order to be okay. This means anxiety. Peace comes when I remember that all that hustle for control is unnecessary and, in fact, delusional. I’m not in control of life, and even my conceptions about it are extremely limited and illusion-bound.
I am only just a droplet of awareness in this vast, amazing river of life.
“Droplet” Lyrics
It appears to my little mind
that I make things happen all the time.
Every choice that I make carries brutal weight
to save or to sink—but I’m starting to think
that life is far bigger than what I know,
with complex connections in constant flow.
It’s like a great river going where it will go,
and the drop that is me can only follow.
So there’s no truth to shame or blame;
they are only tools in ego’s game.
It may fail to console, but I’m not in control;
and the saner I’ll be the sooner I see
that life is far bigger than what I know,
with complex connections in constant flow.
It’s like a great river going where it will go,
and the drop that is me can only follow.
So set down these burdens and yield to the flow:
as the river goes on, just breathe and know
that I’m not what happens; I’m not even a “me.”
I’m just a droplet of awareness in the river of reality.
And life is far bigger than what I know,
with complex connections in constant flow.
It’s like a great river going where it will go,
and the drop that is me can only follow.
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