LIFE IS.......A NEVER ENDING ROAD

NEVER-ENDING ROAD (AMHRÁN DUIT)
(Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt)
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The road now leads onward
As far as can be
Winding lanes
And hedgerows in threes

By purple mountains
And round every bend
All roads lead to you
There is no journey’s end.

Here is my heart and I give it to you
Take me with you across this land
These are my dreams, so simple and few
Dreams we hold in the palm of our hands

Deep in the winter
Amidst falling snow
High in the air
Where the bells they all toll

And now all around me
I feel you still here
Such is the journey
No mystery to fear.

Here is my heart and I give it to you
Take me with you across this land
These are my dreams, so simple and few
Dreams we hold in the palm of our hands

The road now leads onward
And I know not where
I feel in my heart
That you will be there

Whenever a storm comes
Whatever our fears
The journey goes on
As your love ever nears

Here is my heart and I give it to you
Take me with you across this land
These are my dreams, so simple and few
Dreams we hold in the palm of our hands

(1987)
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I came across this beautiful song by Loreena on her Nights From The Alhambra concert DVD and CD set. It has remained stuck in my mind for the longest time since and very likely will forever reside at the back of my mind.

Life is a Never Ending Road that we set off, not knowing where or when is the end destination. In between, there will be the positives and the negatives, the good and the bad, the merry and the sad, the pinnacles and the despairs.....
The End is a certainty, no one escapes it and we all get the same. It is the journey itself for each to find its own. As the saying goes, it matters not how many breaths you take but in how many times it takes your breath away that truly matters. The main Rule to remember is that everything is relative, you can be rich or you can poor but finding your own feet and dancing to your own beat is the single most important thing.
The following verse by Loreena is deeply etched in my mind:

ALL ROADS LEAD TO YOU
THERE IS NO JOURNEY'S END

For me these 2 lines will serve as a constant reminder, whether you are at the heights of a high or at the very depths of despair, just remember everything starts and ends with YOU, and only YOU. There is really no Journey's End, Life remains a NEVER-ENDING ROAD...............until your time is up!