It started in March. Lots of chaotic, incomprehensible, and confusing occurrences taking place that I no longer knew exactly what to make of my world. Divisiveness, fear, and all other manner of low vibrations seemed to be surrounding me, like an invasion on every front, with no hope for any escape in sight. Like so many, I tried to understand the nature of it all, although there were always too many things that didn't make sense---the most of which was the way we were suddenly behaving towards each other. I was in a supermarket and there was a run on, of all things, toilet paper and other paper products. To this day, no one I have talked to about this has any clue as to why that happened but people were grabbing it "like the last girdle at a bargain basement sale." (Just in case this was getting too "doom and gloom", thought I'd throw in a little humor, a paraphrased line from an "I Love Lucy" episode.) When I was at the cash register, ready to pay for my items, I asked the cashier about it because I was very concerned, like many others. She said that we had to get there really early in the morning in order to get toilet paper, etc., and that they had to ration them now because people were taking so many! I said, "really?!!" And she then told me, " yes, and many people are being pretty mean about it, too, making excuses about why they need so much when I suggested to leave some for the other customers who might need it!" After this unusual experience, along with witnessing downright cruelty towards "friends" on FB and other popular sites, I became very concerned, seeing that human kindness, reason, and sanity were quickly becoming a thing of the past. My heart was breaking. And I was wishing so much that there was something, anything, that I could do to help bring some sanity to the situation and to bring love back to the world. This song came to me rather quickly, as if it was there all the time, just waiting to be said. My goal in writing it and recording it was to help bring people back together and to somehow encourage them to realize what is most important: each other. The video was created in hopes of inspiring kindness towards one another and of getting the message out loud and clear, far and wide, that love is truly what matters most and, also, in hopes of perhaps inspiring friends, family members, and others to re-connect or stay in touch or to just let others know somehow that they are loved and not forgotten.
After working on the recording for the past 4 months and then the video, I released it on my birthday as MY gift to the world, in these troubled and challenging times---may they be a thing of the past very soon!
Much Love and Blessings,
Jeannie
Click here to watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u05IK1IJHus