Dying Now

Regular readers will have noted that blog posts of late are few and far between. It’s not for a lack of interest (for I still so love my blog), but it is for a severe shortage of time.  I’m cleaning up a backlog of tasks and commitments, administrative duties, grants and paper writing, lecture preparation and giving, and in general all the things above and beyond patient care that consume the life of the academic physician. Not to mention a wonderfully full, busy personal and family life.

Yep, life is good.

Speaking of which, allow me to share this wonderful song I just discovered. Someone must have told me about Noah Gundersen, but I can’t remember who.  I had his name in an email I sent myself on Jan 10 – my usual method for reminding myself of something to check out – so thank you, whoever you are.

I know this song is called “Dying now”, but it’s not about dying. It’s about living and moving on. Here’s what Noah says about it –

It was a waving goodbye, a salute to the person I had been, while beginning the metamorphosis into the person I want to become.

I like that – “a salute to the person I had been”.  A very positive way to accept ourselves, mistakes and all, while moving on to being the best we can be.

Its a great song for those of us in transition, those of us growing up or growing old, those of us living with regrets and those of us just looking to change.

Enjoy.

(And Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler – cover this for us, won’t you?..)