♪♫I am the voice of the future, bring me your peace, and my wounds, they will heal♫♪

The lyrics are from The Voice by Celtic Woman. The song was recommended to me by a friend. They suggested it and I listened to it and found the song incredibly beautiful.  Bear with me because I am going to share the lyrics in their entirety now.

The Voice - Celtic Woman

I hear your voice on the wind, And I hear you call out my name
"Listen, my child," you say to me. "I am the voice of your history. 
Be not afraid, come follow me. Answer my call, and I'll set you free."

I am the voice in the wind and the pouring rain. 
I am the voice of your hunger and pain.
I am the voice that always is calling you.
I am the voice, I will remain.

I am the voice in the fields when the summer's gone, 
The dance of the leaves when the autumn winds blow
Ne'er do I sleep throughout all the cold winter long
I am the force that in springtime will grow.

I am the voice of the past that will always be
Filled with my sorrow and blood in my fields
I am the voice of the future, bring me your peace,
Bring me your peace, and my wounds  they will heal.

I am the voice in the wind and the pouring rain, 
I am the voice of your hunger and pain
I am the voice that always is calling you, I am the voice.

I am the voice of the past that will always be, 
I am the voice of your hunger and pain
I am the voice of the future, I am the voice, I am the voice. 

I would strongly recommend looking it up on youtube or iTunes. The vocals are incredible and the song is enchanting.   Aside from really liking this song, the lines I chose as the subject line just struck a particular chord with me. I am the voice of the future, bring me your peace and my wounds they will heal.  They say time heals all wounds, or at least lessens their influence on our lives. Something I am constantly working towards... healing past wounds and looking to the future.

I wore my Cruella costume with full make-up to work on Monday for Halloween. It's always entertaining to dress up in costume when you work on a memory care floor. I got some very odd comments ranging from "You look really weird" to "That is a beautiful red coat, you should wear it more often" and "You look just lovely today dear." Trust me if saw the pictures you'd be laughing at the last two. It made for a very interesting and humorous day.

The rest of the week was pretty uneventful. The cold I've been fighting off for the last month hit full force today though. I woke up with really bad chest congestion, runny nose, and sore throat. Been battling it with drugs, Emergen-C, and organic throat teas. Hoping it doesn't last long, though many people I know who've gotten sick have complained that the symptoms persist for several weeks. I can't afford to be sick for several weeks, especially if my voice gets involved. So far though I have some soreness and I sound congested, my singing voice has not been impacted. The plan is to take it easy for the weekend and try to use my voice only when necessary this week. I'm in a concert next Sunday and I need to be able to sing for that.

I spent today doing massive updates to my computer. As I write this my computer is running much more efficiently now and Safari is actually working well for the first time in a long while. I upgraded my operating system from OS 10.4 to OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. Then I did software updates that took 2 hours to install. Then I upgrade my iMovie from v.6 to v.11 for the DVD project that I am working on for my resident who passed last week. I am still planning to upgrade Garage band and iPhoto so that I have the full iLife 11. So far I have had no problems with it and everything is running well. Hopefully it continues to do so. Looking forward to working on the DVD project now. I just need to figure out how to actually work iMovie 11. It's quite a bit different from iMovie 6.

To bring it full circle, I must once again recommend that everyone go listen to the song The Voice by Celtic Woman. Beautiful.