"It is now that my life is mine
I’ve got this short time on earth
And my longing has brought me here
All I lacked and all I gained
And yet it’s the way that I chose
My trust was far beyond words
That has shown me a little bit
Of the heaven I’ve never found
I want to feel I’m alive
all my living days
I will live as I desire
I want to feel I’m alive
Knowing I was good enough
I have never lost who I was
I have only left it sleeping
Maybe I never had a choice
Just the will to stay alive
All I want is to be happy
Being who I am
To be strong and to be free
To see day arise from the night
I am here and my life is only mine
And the heaven I thought was there
I’ll discover it there somewhere
I want to feel that I’ve lived my life !"
I’ve got this short time on earth
And my longing has brought me here
All I lacked and all I gained
And yet it’s the way that I chose
My trust was far beyond words
That has shown me a little bit
Of the heaven I’ve never found
I want to feel I’m alive
all my living days
I will live as I desire
I want to feel I’m alive
Knowing I was good enough
I have never lost who I was
I have only left it sleeping
Maybe I never had a choice
Just the will to stay alive
All I want is to be happy
Being who I am
To be strong and to be free
To see day arise from the night
I am here and my life is only mine
And the heaven I thought was there
I’ll discover it there somewhere
I want to feel that I’ve lived my life !"
As It is in Heaven
There have been a few works of art I've encountered completely by surprise and without preparation - the Swedish film "As It is in Heaven" is one of them. A gifted orchestra conductor is forced by health issues to step down, and returns to the village where he grew up. Asked to lead the minimally trained local church choir, he is eventually unable to refuse.
His message to these humble but willing people is that music lives in perfection in the universe, in the unseen - that it must be brought down, and that they themselves must bring it down.
In the process they find unsuspected gifts and abilities in themselves - and for some, their own precious and authentic being, that must also find its way into the world, "as it is in heaven". For some too, the path will lead still deeper, to the love and sacrifice on which goodness, beauty, truth always depend, to be born in the world.
One of the most beautiful, artistic and human movies I've seen. Surprise yourself too !
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