There is a bag under my desk of song ideas.

Entire journals of notes. Scraps of paper with lyrics.

Even some with chord charts and sample recordings.

And exactly none of them have seen the light of day.

Why? I could give you a lot of great excuses but they all boil down to

FEAR.

Recently I crossed a big milestone by offering my first music album for download.

Selling that first album was an emotional moment I hope I never forget.

And guess what happened after that celebratory moment?

I wanted to quit. Give up.

I had faced my fear, accomplished a life long goal, so time to pack up and move on to something else.

Because putting that out into the world was super scary and I never wanted to do it again.

And then I saw the bag of songs.

It isn’t helping anybody sitting under my desk.

Maybe it won’t help anybody when I put it out into the world.

But I’ll never know if I never try. And that led me to this realization:

The size of your impact in the world is in direct proportion to the size of the fear you push through while you’re here.

With that being said, are you ready for some original music? This is one of my favorites…and a great reminder that every day brings the opportunity for impact greater than we realize.

One of my favorite Advent songs is “In the Bleak Midwinter” which, given how much I like to be cheerful and happy, may not make a lot of sense.

Don’t get me wrong, I love a good uplifting “Joy to the World” moment as well, but let’s face it…holidays are not always a joyful time.

“In the Bleak Midwinter” is such a hauntingly beautiful song and there’s something about it that just sticks with you.

Because we all know a bleak midwinter. We know what that is. We’ve experienced it.

Some of us may even be going through it right now.

Life can be good when we remove the should
Life can be free when we stop thinking “me”

Don’t you hate it when you wake up in the middle of the night with a genius idea–only to have it disappear as you reach for something to write it down on?

That has happened to me countless times and it is so frustrating!

Then today, something magical happened…

I was actually in a place to capture the idea (a song) when it hit me.

Score! ? 

I hurried to the ? with my recorder at the ready to capture it before it slipped away and then spent the next few hours creating a prettier version to share. ?

Life can be good when we remove the should
Life can be free when we stop thinking “me”
Choose new direction and pave the way
Pave the way through for a brand new day

There’s always another answer…A different road we can take….

Life Can Be Good.mp3

Would you like your own copy of this song? For the first time ever it is available for digital download as a part of the album “Custom Collection.” Check it out here!