I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden; along with the sunshine, there’s got to be a little rain sometime; . . .
I woke up with this song playing in my head and to be honest, I haven’t heard this song in like over 30 years or more. But no matter what I did this morning – brush my teeth, take a shower, wash the dishes, answer emails – the song was playing over & over again. ARGGGGG So I said to myself…‘there’s got to be a message in there somewhere that I need to hear & I’m just not getting’ so I went to You Tube & found the song & then I googled the lyrics. WOW! What a message!!! It talks about an even exchange of universal energy – ying/yang – rain/sunshine; it talks about giving/taking; living & let live; that life isn’t always full of sunshine & happiness but you need to learn to take the good times with the bad & be happy in spite of life’s experiences.
I think I will meditate on this message today & see what magical doors present themselves to me!
“Rose Garden” By Lynn Anderson
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There’s gotta be a little rain sometimes.
When you take, you gotta give, so live and let live,
Or let go.
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
I could promise you things like big diamond rings,
But you don’t find roses growin’ on stalks of clover.
So you better think it over.
Well, if sweet-talkin’ you could make it come true,
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter,
But what would it matter?
So smile for a while and let’s be jolly:
Love shouldn’t be so melancholy.
Come along and share the good times while we can.
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There’s gotta be a little rain sometimes.
Instrumental break.
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
I could sing you a tune or promise you the moon,
But if that’s what it takes to hold you,
I’d just as soon let you go, but there’s one thing I want you to know.
You better look before you leap, still waters run deep,
And there won’t always be someone there to pull you out,
And you know what I’m talkin’ about.
So smile for a while and let’s be jolly:
Love shouldn’t be so melancholy.
Come along and share the good times while we can.
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There’s gotta be a little rain sometimes.