I jointly dedicate my song today to Carol Law who lives in Riddlesdon, Keighley, and Terry Baldwinson, each of whom celebrates their birthday today. Carol has been a family friend for years and Terry is an 80-year-old Facebook contact from Leeds, whose daily runs puts the nation to shame and whose wit always keeps a smile on my face. Carol has a heart of gold and as for Terry’s ticker, it’s certainly healthier than chaps who are thirty years younger. Have a super birthday both of you.
I also dedicate today’s song to Lynne Robinson from Leeds. Lynne’s husband Richard sadly died over a year ago and he would have been 70 years old today. I know that Richard is greatly missed by his family and new grandchild that he never saw and that the sentiments in today’s song is highly pertinent to all of them and resonates with their feelings. As today’s song says, ‘My Heart Will Go On’. The person may pass away but the love for them and memory of them always remain. My feelings are with you and your family today, Lynne. God bless you all. Please accept my dedicated song as a celebration of the life of Richard and the love you shared.
My song today is from that iconic film scene from the Titanic where Kate Winslet is poised at the front of the sailing vessel, held aloft by Leonard de Caprio as the song ‘My Heart Will Go On’ is sung by the Canadian singer, Celine Dion. The song’s music was composed by James Horner and the lyrics were written by Will Jennings.
Released as a single from Dion's fifth English-language studio album, ‘Let’s Talk About Love’ (1997), and the film’s soundtrack, the love power ballad became an international hit, reaching Number 1 in over 20 countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ‘My Heart Will Go On’ was first released in Australia and Germany on December 8, 1997, and in the rest of the world in January and February 1998. It is considered to be Celine Dion’s signature song and with worldwide sales approaching twenty million, it is one of the best-selling singles of all time and became included in ‘Songs of the Century’ by the ‘Recording Industry Association of America’.
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All three of today’s birthday celebrants, whether alive or posthumous represent the human heart beating at its best. It is not enough for a heart to just tick in a healthy beat; it must also be capable of feeling love, compassion, forgiveness, charity, happiness, and sadness. It is the presence of these human traits that make up a wholesome heart and it is the expression of such characteristics in one’s body actions that make the world turn on its axis of love.
The medics tell us that when the brain stem dyes, so do the person. But I tell you most truly, that when the heart no longer feels for its fellow human beings, the process of a living death has already commenced. I now know that when my dear late mother used to tell me as a child ”Billy only do what your heart tells you and not your head”, she must have instinctively known that our head will reason and rationalise our dispensation of love, whereas the heart will see what is invisible to the eye.
I have seen people with a broken heart who feel compelled to live in the past and who feel lost to the prospect of future love and life. I have also known people with gentle hearts who express love with such naturalness and ease that it is impossible for a recipient of their love not to respond in kind. I have also known folk who are said to be bitter with the world and find it too difficult to express loving feelings towards another or to find love in their hearts to express. One can only express that which resides in the heart, and sadly one’s heart is closed to allowing love entrance to it. In such circumstances, the heart remains in hollow emptiness. Such a person is said to ‘have a hard heart’ or behave ‘hardheartedly’, when their heart isn’t ‘hard’ but ‘closed’.
Once we open our hearts, become more receptive to the love of others and allow all the love that touches us to enter, there will never be a ruler long enough to measure the amount of love our heart is capable of holding. The more we love, the more we get back, and the more we get back the more we can give out again! Any child who has a loving mother will always find its mother’s heart the safest place of refuge at difficult times.
Have a nice day everyone. Love and peace Bill xxx
I also dedicate today’s song to Lynne Robinson from Leeds. Lynne’s husband Richard sadly died over a year ago and he would have been 70 years old today. I know that Richard is greatly missed by his family and new grandchild that he never saw and that the sentiments in today’s song is highly pertinent to all of them and resonates with their feelings. As today’s song says, ‘My Heart Will Go On’. The person may pass away but the love for them and memory of them always remain. My feelings are with you and your family today, Lynne. God bless you all. Please accept my dedicated song as a celebration of the life of Richard and the love you shared.
My song today is from that iconic film scene from the Titanic where Kate Winslet is poised at the front of the sailing vessel, held aloft by Leonard de Caprio as the song ‘My Heart Will Go On’ is sung by the Canadian singer, Celine Dion. The song’s music was composed by James Horner and the lyrics were written by Will Jennings.
Released as a single from Dion's fifth English-language studio album, ‘Let’s Talk About Love’ (1997), and the film’s soundtrack, the love power ballad became an international hit, reaching Number 1 in over 20 countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ‘My Heart Will Go On’ was first released in Australia and Germany on December 8, 1997, and in the rest of the world in January and February 1998. It is considered to be Celine Dion’s signature song and with worldwide sales approaching twenty million, it is one of the best-selling singles of all time and became included in ‘Songs of the Century’ by the ‘Recording Industry Association of America’.
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All three of today’s birthday celebrants, whether alive or posthumous represent the human heart beating at its best. It is not enough for a heart to just tick in a healthy beat; it must also be capable of feeling love, compassion, forgiveness, charity, happiness, and sadness. It is the presence of these human traits that make up a wholesome heart and it is the expression of such characteristics in one’s body actions that make the world turn on its axis of love.
The medics tell us that when the brain stem dyes, so do the person. But I tell you most truly, that when the heart no longer feels for its fellow human beings, the process of a living death has already commenced. I now know that when my dear late mother used to tell me as a child ”Billy only do what your heart tells you and not your head”, she must have instinctively known that our head will reason and rationalise our dispensation of love, whereas the heart will see what is invisible to the eye.
I have seen people with a broken heart who feel compelled to live in the past and who feel lost to the prospect of future love and life. I have also known people with gentle hearts who express love with such naturalness and ease that it is impossible for a recipient of their love not to respond in kind. I have also known folk who are said to be bitter with the world and find it too difficult to express loving feelings towards another or to find love in their hearts to express. One can only express that which resides in the heart, and sadly one’s heart is closed to allowing love entrance to it. In such circumstances, the heart remains in hollow emptiness. Such a person is said to ‘have a hard heart’ or behave ‘hardheartedly’, when their heart isn’t ‘hard’ but ‘closed’.
Once we open our hearts, become more receptive to the love of others and allow all the love that touches us to enter, there will never be a ruler long enough to measure the amount of love our heart is capable of holding. The more we love, the more we get back, and the more we get back the more we can give out again! Any child who has a loving mother will always find its mother’s heart the safest place of refuge at difficult times.
Have a nice day everyone. Love and peace Bill xxx
