CD: Song Two Lyrics - "Let the Circle Expand"

CD "Songs for the Wind" available soon.
Song samples at http://www.richardschooping.com.
I am inspired to share the lyrics,
blog by blog. This is song two of 12.










This is a song of centering and empowerment.
This song is a potential World Movement and tour theme.

As we experience our lives and the world we become overwhelmed with the large "problems" and issues occurring. We feel small and helpless. We think "What can I do to help? I am just an average person in a small town just trying to pay my bills and survive." and we are overwhelmed. The problem arises when we are so overwhelmed by the larger and distant happenings of which we do not directly affect that we become imbalanced in our daily lives.

This song grounds the listener into the value of their own experience and places them in a space of gratitude. It shares that it is the little things that we do in our "individual" lives that affect and are a part of the whole movement of creation.

If one planet veers the Universe is affected.

This song is a visual analogy using circles to represent one's influence. When we observe a war we lose our center because our center has then "moved" from our life off to some distant fighting land. We become imbalanced by the stress and disconnection that we feel when observing something as big and this "seemingly' out of control. When we are worried about these larger issues and not grounded into our own immediate life we suffer, we are in fantasy.

But, when we realize that helping our family, our neighbors, and ourselves is integral to the whole we become centered and empowered. We realize the power in being present within our "ordinary" life. We find joy in being our circle; and when we balance and center, our circle naturally expands and joins with other balanced circles. These incremental steps of circles joining is how true momentum of life happens. This song shares that when we are grounded and thankful, the "seeming" separateness that we feel is "healed" as the circles join to consciously become one circle of being: GOD, so Let the Circle Expand.



As we walk through this world together or alone
We are continually shown what seeks GOD’s grace
And through our giving, our creations, or the smile on our face
Let our hearts radiate like the Sun

Feed our starving children
Teach those struggling with disease
that with God anything is possible
when we give our life to love

Peace is not complacency, it affords powerful clarity
That reveals the world and the majesty that IS

Let the circle expand forever
Shining our light eternally for every country, every nation
All of our creed throughout creation
We’ll resolve the conflict and heal the land
So let the circle expand

It’s not the trend or the scale of the action that we take
Let us follow our compassion where it leads
It may be prayer or meditation or assisting another’s needs
We are each a vital part of the ONE

Shine a light into the darkness
So that all may experience the joy
That with love anything is achievable
When we open to our possibility

Isolation is absolved, with the breath of GOD all is resolved
Then we see the glory shining in our eyes

Let the circle expand, forever
A beacon of truth that is calling out to every person, of every, color
No matter how they choose to love each other
The greater design we will understand
Let the Circle Expand