One of my favorite holiday movies is The Holiday. The cast is phenomenal. The story is fun and happy and has a lovely ending. And I want to adopt the two little English girls who play the roles of Jude Law's daughters.
Now, I'm a soundtrack person. It's odd. I almost always have music on if I'm not at work. And all of my novels have soundtracks. Weird, right? And most of my music is actually from soundtracks or film scores. In this particular film, there is a song that I've always noticed in the back of my mind as I've watched it, but I haven't ever picked up what it was or who sang it and never invested the time to look into it. You understand. Every time I watch the film, I think, 'Oh yeah, I've gotta find that song.' And then it never happens.
Well, I saw that film several years ago and have owned it for years and never figured out what song it was.
Today, as I was working on my blog, I heard it when I was at Starbucks when it randomly popped up on my Andrew Belle Pandora station (never heard it in the year I've had that station!) I was typing furiously away and thought...'Hey, wait a minute. Where have I heard that? And I suddenly realized it was my mystery song. It turns out it is by Frou Frou. And guess what the title of it is?
'Let Go...' No, it gets even better. The chorus goes on to say there's 'beauty in the breakdown.'
Here:
"drink up, baby down
mmm, are you in or are you out
leave your things behind
'cause it's all going off without you
excuse me, too busy you're writing your tragedy
these mishaps
you bubble wrap
when you've no idea what you're like
so let go, jump in
oh well, whatcha waiting for
it's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
so let go, just get in
oh, it's so amazing here
it's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
it gains the more it gives
and then it rises with the fall
so hand me that remote
can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow
such boundless pleasure
we've no time for later now
you can't await your own arrival
you've 20 seconds to comply
so let go, jump in
oh well, whatcha waiting for
it's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
so let go, just get in
oh, it's so amazing here
it's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown."
So I don't know about you, but I was kind of sitting there in the middle of loud Starbucks commotion at my laptop thinking...'Wow...I'm having my own little movie moment here and nobody even knows how amazing this is.'
It talks about being so busy writing my tragedy that I'm missing out on life? Um, yes. That is EXACTLY what I'm doing at this very moment. Am I in or out of my life? Because it's going on without me? 'Let go and get in because it's so amazing. Yeah, it's all right, 'cause there's beauty in the breakdown.'
'It rises with the fall.'
Indeed.
So it was a phenomenal reminder for me to make sure the perspective with which I am writing now is reflective, not vindictive or pitiful. I am writing my tragedy in a way but I also need to accept life with open arms and not be afraid to jump back into the amazing track I was on, am on and will continue to be on.
It also drives the point home--there is a purpose for pain and I will write more on this soon. I've received beautiful perspective on this from two very dear friends this week who are emphatic about the fact that pain, if dealt with appropriately, can spin compassion and empathy in ways nothing else can. With those tools, we can connect to other people and love others passionately, yes?
Yes.
Goodnight.
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