Dear brother - an open letter to a brother who needs to read this. . .
Hearts of fire creates love's desire
Take you high and higher to the world you belong
Hearts of fire creates love's desire
High and higher to your place on the throne
Have you met someone whose heart sets yours aflame? It's a pretty rare experience. Whether the sparks fly instantaneously or it starts as a slow burn that builds to a larger fire, there is never a right place, nor a right pace for hearts of fire to ignite, or how quickly or slowly in terms of pace, it just happens. The introduction of this song makes it easy to remember. I mean, it's one of those songs with a distinctive opening. But mind you all of Earth Wind and Fire's music is like that, carefully crafted songs that fully utilise all of the instruments in the band. Which world do you belong to? Are you carried high and higher to where you can see everything? It's still important to remember that you need to be wary about where your love's desire might take you. There are no guarantees and nothing is certain.
We come together on this special day
Sing our message loud and clear
Looking back, we've touched on sorrowful days
Future pass, they disappear
You will find peace of mind
If you look way down in your heart and soul
Don't hesitate 'cause the world seems cold
Stay young at heart, 'cause you're never, never old
You would like to think that as you age, the love you shared with someone never does. You should be able to transcend time and space, time and place and recall the times where if you did not exchange vows, then at least you made some kind of promises that would allow people to really see what kind of love you are capable of producing, capable of expressing, capable of valuing. The world will often deal you cold moments that if you're not smart enough to realise, will seek to permeate your skin and have you second-guessing the pureness of heart that you have, the pureness of love that you naturally possess, that others want to abuse. I'm not sure if it's because I'm attracting so many broken-hearted acquaintances who become heartfelt friends, but I am seeing their slow healing process - and it's both a beautiful and painful experience.
That's the way of the world
Plant your flower and you grow a pearl
Child is born with a heart of gold
Way of the world makes his heart so cold
The only way that you can grow yourself, is if you are willing to sow seeds in others so that they too can grow like you. It can never be said enough that when you start to recognise and truly value the beauty of yourself, in all of your imperfect perfection - surely then you should be able to see what God sees in us. We often wonder why we ignore those who are downtrodden because we would never give them a second glance. But we must remember that during the difficult and challenging times in our lives, that we must exercise gratitude at the grace that is shown to us - even when we don't deserve it. Never let your golden heart lose its shine, its glimmering glow that entices people to want to touch it, possess it for themselves and want to be loved by it.
Hearts of fire creates love's desire take you
High and higher to the world you belong
Hearts of fire love desire
High and higher, yeah yeah yeah
Hearts of fire love desire
Ahh higher
I hope that we never get too scared to love again, to openly share our hearts of fire and hearts of gold with those who deserve or have earned the right to be near it. There are so many broken hearts around me at the moment and I can only do so much to support them. Instead, you need to recognise that yes, your heart has been broken and feelings are scary things to share with people. So take your time. Spend as much of what you are willing to put in, to find out whether those people who are curious about your heart are worthy enough to see it in its fullness. Just because we come across people who mistreat us, who don't know how to handle our golden hearts and set out to douse the blazing fires in our hearts, we just need to know that we still need to be part of the way of this world, that our flames help to combat the coldness, because that's the way of the world. . .