James Taylor Secret O' Life Lyrics
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
Any fool can do it
There ain't nothing to it
Nobody knows how we got to
The top of the hill
But since we're on our way down
We might as well enjoy the ride
The secret of love is in opening up your heart
It's okay to feel afraid
But don't let that stand in your way
'cause anyone knows that love is the only road
And since we're only here for a while
Might as well show some style
Give us a smile
Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride
Now the thing about time is that time
Isn't really real
It's just your point of view
How does it feel for you
Einstein said he could never understand it all
Planets spinning through space
The smile upon your face
Welcome to the human race
Some kind of lovely ride
I'll be sliding down
I'll be gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride
Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride
Now the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
Any fool can do it
There ain't nothing to it
Nobody knows how we got to
The top of the hill
But since we're on our way down
We might as well enjoy the ride
The secret of love is in opening up your heart
It's okay to feel afraid
But don't let that stand in your way
'cause anyone knows that love is the only road
And since we're only here for a while
Might as well show some style
Give us a smile
Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride
Now the thing about time is that time
Isn't really real
It's just your point of view
How does it feel for you
Einstein said he could never understand it all
Planets spinning through space
The smile upon your face
Welcome to the human race
Some kind of lovely ride
I'll be sliding down
I'll be gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride
Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride
Now the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
(This is really a pretty song - look it up on Youtube and listen.)
My sister-in-law Sandra scanned most of Mama Nick's pictures that were here. The ones she didn't scan, we didn't know. She gave me our set of disks (4) the other day and I looked at them tonight. I remember why it is so hard for me to look at pictures. It isn't that there weren't precious, fun times, good times... It's just that they went by so fast! And aren't these going by just as fast? All the pictures of family, the Christmases, all the work on this house, friends, events, things we do, the nature that is blooming one day and gone the next - like we are... flowers of a field. We are each a generation - here and then not. They have their families, we have ours. Mothers and daddies hold their babies. Grandmothers and daddies look at their grandchildren, hold them, love them. Three and four generations of pictures. Back, back, back... And here we are today.
Nevertheless.
I loved the pictures and I'll try not to be melancholy when I look at them. Mama and Daddy Nick's family - Mama Nick will be gone a year ago tomorrow. It's almost unbelievable. In April Daddy Nick will be gone 26 years. How long to live without some you love. Goobie was a widow for 30 years. Mama for 33. How did I come to these memories - it's just that life is fragile, tender and so short.
Mama Nick doing what she loved.
Aunt Ginny, me, Amy, Mama Nick, ca 1990.
12/23/1968
Amy and cousin Jess.
Mama Nick and me, about 2005 or 06.
Mama Nick's 80th birthday celebration, sons - Paul and David.
Loving my family. Thankful for memories and for being where I am.
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