Today marks the second anniversary of Mara’s passing and I look back on a previous entry to help me reflect on what has transpired over the last two years.
In this previous entry I noted that what I had learned was that…
- Life is far too short for me to be waiting for permission to do something with it
- Fear is all in my head
- I suffer fools even less gladly than I normally would
- People spend too much time complaining about first world problems
I still think and feel these things but since then I have also noticed that…
- Slipping back into old habits is easy, maintaining new habits is hard
- Momentum is something you need to constantly work at
- You never, ever take anything for granted
- Community and your connection to it is more important than ever
It’s amazing what comes out of you if you give yourself the time and permission to just sit and reflect (and not feel guilty about it).
Even though it’s been two years, not a day goes by where I am reminded of Mara and how much of a positive influence she has had on my life.
Sometimes this fact energises me and (most) other times it really hits me hard in the feels but today I wanted to celebrate how special and uniquely original Mara was and the best way for me to do that is with a song.
This song is called One Of A Kind and I wrote this in 2018 after Mara put up a fridge magnet with the first part of a beautiful quote from Pope John Paul II on it.
The full quote is…
“The human being is single, unique, and unrepeatable, someone thought of and chosen from eternity, someone called and identified by name”
The quote inspired me so much that I wrote and demoed the song in just under a couple of hours and it was one of Mara’s favourite songs of mine.
Mara was definitely one of a kind. Always was and always will be.
Peace,
Corey 🙂
One Of A Kind
©2018 C. Stewart
You managed to find your way
Through all the obstacles in this game of life
And through the challenges you faced
You made it through to the other side
You never know how much you mean to me
But it’s so obvious as far as I can see
Did you know that you are one of a kind
Yes you are, something so magical
Did you know that you are one of a kind
Yes you are, something irreplaceable
Nothing short of a miracle
Is what you are and what you’ll always be
I don’t why we try so hard
To be somebody else coz we’re all we need
You never know how much you mean to me
But it’s so obvious as far as I can see
Did you know that you are one of a kind
Yes you are, something so magical
Did you know that you are one of a kind
Yes you are, something irreplaceable
Interlude…
You never know how much you mean to me
But it’s so obvious as far as I can see
Did you know that you are one of a kind
Yes you are, something so magical
Did you know that you are one of a kind
Yes you are, something irreplaceable
Did you know that you are one of a kind
Yes you are, something so magical
Did you know that you are one of a kind
Yes you are, something irreplaceable