Soulshine
I was recently asked to create an energetic spray for a local business. The message I received for the name of the spray was Soulshine. I had to then go look up the meaning behind the Alman Brothers song Soulshine. The meaning is “having faith and resilience in difficult times”.
Can you choose to find your light when times are dark? Can you shine brightly for others when they have lost their way? How do you dim your light to fit into society, or others people’s lives? That last question is where it hits deeply for me. I ask myself why at times do I choose not to shine as brightly as I know I can?
For me the unknown pressure to show up in a certain way, or to behave in a certain way is quite frankly exhausting! I put on this mask for this person, and another mask for this event, all the while leaving my fully authentic self, safely packed away in the closet, only bringing her out when I feel safe and she won’t be judged. Over 50 years of societal and family programing to unwind, and rewire into a new circuit board. It’s daunting at times, but also crystal clear that I am here for a purpose, and that purpose is to shine a light, to guide, to assist and to hold others up along the way as they awaken to a new way of living.
In 2 days, the Winter Solstice dawns, the return of the LIGHT. If you have been struggling to find your light, or dimming your light, listen to Soulshine by the Alman Brothers! The lyrics are below so you can sing along.
The world needs your light!
Soulshine Lyrics – Allman Brothers
When you can't find the light
That got you through a cloudy days
When the stars ain't shinin' bright
You feel like you've lost you're way
When those candle light of home
Burn so very far away
Well, you got to let your soul shine
Just like my daddy used to say
He used to say, "Soulshine
It's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Hey, now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometime
You got to let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day"
I grew up thinkin' that I had it made
Gonna make it on my own
Life can take the strongest man
Make him feel so alone
Now someteimes I feel a cold wind
Blowin' through my achin' bones
I think back to what my daddy said
He said, "Boy, in this darkness before the dawn
Let your soul shine
It's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah, now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
You gotta let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day"
Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness
Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul
A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this
And when your world seems cold
You got to let your spirit take control
Talking 'bout soulshine
It's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
And now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
Gotta let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day
Oh, it's better than sunshine
It's better than moonshine
Damn sure better than rain
Yeah, now people don't mind
We all feel this way sometimes
You gotta let your soul shine
Shine till the break of day