Grab Your Coat

The lyrics for On The Sunny Side of The Street can be as timely today as they were when they were written back in 1930, as long as you are able to apply the addendum that best suits you when you sing along.... In seeking even the palest of lights at the end of our personal storms we need to be aware that changes are part of our reality but that they do not always have to mire us in anguish, denial or negativity. Our "coats" may no longer fit the way they once did but we can still wear them as long as we allow ourselves to"look" a bit different. Our hats may be way out of style or rather without any defining form, but they are ours and we can still wear them even if only on "dress up" days. Our hands may not be able to wear those old gloves anymore but we can sure wrap our fingers safely around them and hold those old gloves the way they used to hold our younger fingers. There is an aura of familiarity within change in our no longer new "clothing" so that no matter how far removed we are from the "old" us, we have only to grab our "coats" and we have the infinite possibility of sun.