My brother is right. Prepare for the Golden take over of the Millbrook High School alumni choir |
The song, Seasons of Love, expresses the myriad of ways a person can measure the length of a year. As I've recently hit the one year mark in my Portland life, I've reflected on all the ways I could possibly measure my last 525,600 minutes. It could be measured in classes attended, tests taken, and sleep lost... friendships forged, laughter shared, and tears shed... or even beets roasted, quinoa prepared, and urban farmed, better than organic, backyard chicken eggs collected. No doubt about it, this was a big year for me. But I must admit that whoever was responsible for the writing of Rent and its music got it right: my year is probably most appropriately measured in seasons of love. I love what I'm doing, I love the people I'm doing it with, and I especially love all the people in my life who've supported and encouraged me every step of the way.
You know how everyone always says that a year seems so long but goes by so fast? Well in regard to this past year I would have to respectfully disagree. It was the longest, most challenging year of my life in every aspect and I earned every single minute of it... all 525,600.
Seasons Of Love
Songwriters: Larson, Jonathan D;
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets
In midnights, in cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife
In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, a year in the life?
How about love?
Measure in love
Seasons of love
Seasons of love
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?
In truths that she learned
Or in times that he cried
In bridges he burned
Or the way that she died
It's time now, to sing out
Though the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love
(Oh, you got to, you got to remember the love)
Remember the love
(You know that life is a gift from up above)
Remember the love
(Share love, give love, spread love)
Measure in love
(Measure, measure your life in love)
Seasons of love
Seasons of love
(Measure your life, measure you life in love)
Songwriters: Larson, Jonathan D;
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets
In midnights, in cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife
In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, a year in the life?
How about love?
Measure in love
Seasons of love
Seasons of love
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?
In truths that she learned
Or in times that he cried
In bridges he burned
Or the way that she died
It's time now, to sing out
Though the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love
(Oh, you got to, you got to remember the love)
Remember the love
(You know that life is a gift from up above)
Remember the love
(Share love, give love, spread love)
Measure in love
(Measure, measure your life in love)
Seasons of love
Seasons of love
(Measure your life, measure you life in love)
So fun to read! If you are able to do the alumni choir..... maybe the Director would let Alex join too..... hmmmm
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