Recently my beloved uncle from the U.S. wrote me.  He said he was a little worried and sensed I had drifted off my path.  I assured him all was well.  I told him about a recent setback and assured him that the course was set for change and good things to come.  His letter did however help me to reconnect to a sense of purpose and meaning. Sorting out in my mind the difference between what matters and what doesn't, I stopped to breathe a while.

Taking the time to breathe and reflect I looked deeply within and felt a softening.  My heart went quiet.  My mind went quiet.  And then a re-awakening occurred.  I remembered Love.  I felt Love. It was deep and quiet.  I was full of gratitude and breathing once again without constraint.  Feeling Love for Love's sake.

Into my mind came a lyric and a song that I had written years before.  Initially I had written it with a partner in mind but as it went on I realised the lyric was about Love and Life and Love for Life.  And this was exactly what I had started to feel again.

In this month's column I would like to share these words and music with you.  The singer is Katie Noonan.  The album from which this song comes is a self-titled album called Elixir, a three-piece group – vocals, guitar and saxophone.  Katie told me recently that this song has become a highly requested song at weddings in Australia.