sing, sing a song, sing out loud, sing out strong, sing of good things not bad, sing of happy not sad. sing, sing a song, make it simple to last your whole life long. don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear. just sing, sing a song. all right now, were you singing? did you get that little ditty going in your head? if only life were as simple as that little song. i believe it could be. what? you've got to be joking? next thing you know, we'll be reading tina's own version of all i needed to know about life i learned in kindergarten. mock if you must, but the answers to our existence are found within the children inside us all. i love it that Jesus was all about that pure, unjaded, unruffled, uncomplicated approach...a sort of "juvenile relinquishment" of worry, stress, and every degree of maleficent hatchetry. not allowing any kind of uptight, degrading, dishonoring, spirit-breaking, dignity-shattering nonsense to enter the zone of abundance. and how does one accomplish this miracle of lifestyle serenity? think back to the playground, the hopscotch on the sidewalk, the corner lemonade stand, the bike rides, the kick-the-can games, and the effortless state of innocence. in my midlife world-weary hindsight, i can see the moments of love, truth, community, and passion, all laying a foundation which i stand on today that refuses to budge as it's nearly beaten to a pulp by hate, lies, isolation, and apathy. as peculiar as this sounds, there is an old child inside me, pleading for a chance to play, to touch, to hug, to bond, to invent, to discover, to love, and to be loved. and that old child just happens to be a soulmate of the greatest old child of all, an ideal prototype human being, who never really embraced adulthood as we define it today. yet in his "juvenile relinquishment", he somehow managed to become the most highly functioning adult who ever walked the good earth. read about him, talk about him, talk to him, be like him, live for him...and find the reasons why you were put on the planet, and what simple songs you are meant to sing out loud and strong.