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December 31, 2014 · inspirational songs, Life In Song 2010's, Songs of Transformation, Spiritual Songs

432 Break The Wine Glass (solo acoustic audio)

432 Break The Wine Glass squareThis song got launched when a guest speaker at Unity Church In Albany offered a single line quote from a Rumi poem, “The New Rule”
“Break the wineglass, fall towards the glass blower’s breath” After the service I just kept being haunted by that phrase…

and ultimately the song became about thriving in spite of our old patterns and “failures”. Ultimately the key idea is that of the flower growing out of a crack in the sidewalk.

We are capable of turning ANYTHING into a victory.

USE the challenges to “level up!”

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Break the Wine Glass

Song #432 | 7/31-8/6 2011 | CD: The Fire Before The Flame

Break the wine glass.
Fall into the breath of the glass blower
Break the boundaries that used to keep you small
Break the silence.
Fall into the breath of the sound
Break the patterns.
Fall to your knees on the ground

Refrain:
And on the way you might notice a flower
Growing out of a crack in the sidewalk
And on the way you might notice the power
 you have
To walk your talk and dance into your dreaming…

Walk the garden
Glimpse the world through the gardener’s eyes
Has your heart hardened?
Is there no room left for surprise?
Break it open
Scatter the seeds of surrender
Water them well
Do your best to protect the tender…

Refrain:

Your greatest weaknesses
Are also your greatest strengths
Your greatest failures
May just have been heaven sent…
Will the wind break you
Or lift you off the ground?
Will the wind break you
Or merely bow you down?

Refrain: X2

…Break the wine glass…
Fall into the breath of the glass blower…

Copyright 2011 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.

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