Friday, November 7, 2014

“Á Whole New World…”

"A Whole New World" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film Aladdin. The song is a ballad between the primary characters Aladdin and Jasmine about the new world they are going to discover together while riding on Aladdin's magic carpet.  A version of the song was performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Whole_New_World

Some of the lyrics include:
A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us "No"
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But now from way up here
It's crystal clear
that now I'm in a whole new world with you
Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky
A whole new world

It is interesting that if we’d simply “be still,” look around and breathe, we can see the world through a different perspective.

Many of us rush through our lives oblivious to the wonder and beauty in front of us. We are too busy to listen to the sounds of nature, soothing music or even the laughter of small children.

We often long to experience a life of exciting adventure, when we have it directly in our view. It is often in the form of: the sun breaking through the clouds…the gentle sound of rain…the laughter and optimism of children…the wisdom of the elderly…the many blessings of an ordinary day.

The Bible says:
John 10:10 (NKJV):  “… I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NKJV):  That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.

Powerful Quotes:
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” – T.S. Eliott
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer
"What we SEE depends mainly on what we look for" - John Lubbock
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” - Anais Nin
“We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are.” – max DePree
“I awoke only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.” – Leonardo da Vinci
“Too often we are so preoccupied with the destination that we forget the journey.”

Although we may long for a “whole new world,” we will find that if we only pay attention and look at what has been and is directly in front of us, we may see it anew…


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