Look Away

     In 1988 the American rock bank Chicago released a song entitled “Look Away”.  Within the lyrics of that song were the words:  “If you see me walking by, and the tears are in my eyes, look away, baby, look away.  If we meet on the streets someday, and I don’t know what to say, look away, baby, look away.  Don’t look at me, I don’t want you to see me this way.”

     This song was about a lost love and how that love had moved on with their life and found someone new.  The deep heart ache that was felt by the remaining member of the former couple was now emotionally upset by the situation, but didn’t want to admit it.  They only wanted to have the former partner to some degree remain removed from causing them pain.

     The song words end with a brief recap of the beginning of the song with the words: “When you called me up this morning, told me ‘bout the new love you found.  I said: “I’m happy for you, I’m really happy for you.””  Now that was the heart of a truly strong individual or the words of a very sarcastic one!  I would have ended the song with the same wording as they did but added:  Yeah RIGHT!

     However, this now being years since that song was released and many years to ponder over it (about 30 years to be exact) I think that the sentiment of the song can be applied to many moments in our lives.  Often we’re just not ready to admit that there are individuals that have come into our lives and passed on to other opportunities and we continue to exist.

     Consider all the people we went to school with.  Growing up there may have been kids that we became close to and then (for whatever reason) their families moved to another town, or maybe even another state.  We continued to function within our normal daily activities.  Did we miss them?  Probably. But we got over it.

     There may have been some that we went to school with who passed away during our school years.  It hit us very hard.  Especially if we were close to them.  But life continued and we moved on.

     There may have been some of our school mates who have died since we graduated from school.  Others went off to college, or to work in some other area.  There was a period of time that our hearts may have had an empty feeling, but we managed to continue forward with our lives.

     Some of our classmates may still be in our lives to some degree.  With the creation of facebook, twitter, messenger, and other online forms of communication we have continue to contact them from time to time.  Maybe we have even fallen prey to the trap of using a telephone conversation!  Or perhaps a text message on occasions.

     But there were still those certain ones, other than our family members, that made a tremendous impact on our lives and within our hearts.  They may have been our classmates, or even some who we worked with in various jobs.  Maybe some who touched our lives only momentarily, but that impact was unforgettable!

     And for some of those we may be a little ashamed of what we have done with our lives or perhaps what we have NOT done with it that we want them to “look away” if they were to pass us on the street somewhere.  Maybe we feel that we have not lived up to their expectations of what we could have been or what they wanted us to be.  Maybe we don’t feel that we have lived up to our own expectations!

     The things that have happened in our lives have molded us into the person we are today.  So if these situations were good or bad we must use that training to be the best person we can.  Regardless of the expectations of others we have to remember that WE control what we do, what we say, and how we treat others.

     Plan your work!  Work your plan!  Do the BEST you can and leave the rest in the hands of God!  Because we’re only human!

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"When thinking: 

"Look what I have accomplished."

Remember all those who have helped."