‘It’s a Beautiful Day’-U2

The heart is a bloom
Shoots up through the stony ground
There’s no room
No space to rent in this town

You’re out of luck
And the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck
And you’re not moving anywhere

You thought you’d found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand
In return for grace

It’s a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It’s a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away

You’re on the road
But you’ve got no destination
You’re in the mud
In the maze of her imagination

You love this town
Even if that doesn’t ring true
You’ve been all over
And it’s been all over you

It’s a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away
It’s a beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Teach me
I know I’m not a hopeless case

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out

It was a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away
Beautiful day

Touch me
Take me to that other place
Reach me
I know I’m not a hopeless case

What you don’t have you don’t need it now
What you don’t know you can feel it somehow
What you don’t have you don’t need it now
Don’t need it now
Was a beautiful day

-U2, Beautiful Day

Having spent the last couple of days driving across North Dakota and Montana, I’ve had ample time to listen to music and think. Half way across North Dakota the song Beautiful Day by U2 came on my iPhone. I’ve always liked this song but it wasn’t until recently that I really read the lyrics, and you know what? Every day is a beautiful day. No matter how bad the times are; no matter how down on your luck you are; if you woke up in the morning, it is a beautiful day. With everything that’s happened to me recently, I have discovered that every day is a beautiful day. So, keep your head up. Things will get better. It might take time, but hard times will pass and you will get to ‘that other place’ where troubles are few.