Happy 80th Birthday, Paul - with RAMBLING!
My Best Definition- RAMBLING ONE!
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Happy 80th Birthday, Paul - with RAMBLING!
4/22/2018
Hello, Everyone!
Happy 80th to my Brother Paul today; and Happy Soon Birthdays to Brother-in-law, John, and good friend, Joe! John will turn the same age as my soon-to-be spouse, Nancy, on April 25th. John and Nancy will both be 85. Ole Joe is just a half year ahead of me. Joe will turn 77 on April 30th!
So, Paul, Happy 80th to you. Sorry I am not there in person, but I (or we - Nancy and I) are in spirit. I do believe you will appreciate the song I wrote that is below because the way I see you is that you, too, have been a "rambling one" all your life. Enjoy! And I just learned this morning that Pastor Nathan - who will be officiating at the CELEBRATE LIFE Wedding of Nancy and me this Saturday - turned 42 yesterday. Lots of birthdays about this time. Perhaps some will appreciate my "birthday song" of this timing. I'm featuring it now because one of those having a birthday is Joe - the one who "inspired" me to write the song - though probably not for the reason he intended on calling me a "rambling person."
Be that as it may, Be in touch as you wish - and "ramble on" as you wish too!
Gently,
Francis William Bessler (Frank, Will, Sonny)
& Nancy Shaw
www.una-bella-vita.com
RAMBLING ONE
(Inspired by a comment from a friend, Joe Edgar.
Joe said I like to ramble a lot when I write.
It’s true. I do.)
By
Francis William Bessler
Laramie, Wyoming
Written November 6-7, 2009
REFRAIN:
I’m a rambling one. It’s what I’ve always done.
I ramble on and on – as I sing my song.
I think it will be – just that way for me -
I’ll keep on rambling – for all eternity.
Yes, I’m a rambling one – and I’ll keep on rambling on
till this life on earth is done – and another one has begun.
Yes, I think it will be – always that way for me.
I’ll keep on rambling – for all eternity.
I think the key for loving life
is to know that it’s Divine.
It doesn’t matter if it’s raining –
or if there is sunshine.
No matter where I am,
no matter where I may go,
I’ll always find life is fine
because it’s wonder that I know. Refrain.
I think the key for finding peace
is to love the singular in me –
to know that I belong as free
to a wondrous humanity.
I think each of us should delight
in what we find in our life –
to know that what we are
are just little beams of light. Refrain.
My main desire in this life
is to be grateful for the gift –
to embrace my life joyfully
every day that I live.
But, my friends, I’m not alone.
You’re the same as me.
We all share the gift of life
and its wonderous (wondrous) mystery. Refrain.
Final REFRAIN: (Because, rambling is really “wondering”)
I’m a wondering one. It’s what I’ve always done.
I wonder on and on – as I sing my song.
I think it will be – just that way for me -
I’ll keep on wondering – for all eternity.
Yes, I’m a wondering one – and I’ll keep on wondering on
till this life on earth is done – and another one has begun.
Yes, I think it will be – always that way for me.
I’ll keep on wondering – for all eternity.