I Believe in You by Dan Zadra
An elderly man, in the final days of his life, is lying in bed alone. He awakens to see a large group of people clustered around his bed. Their faces are loving, but sad. Confused, the old man smiles weakly and whispers, "You must be my childhood friends come to say good-bye. I am so grateful."
Moving closer, the tallest figure gently grasps the old man's hand and replies, "Yes, we are your best and oldest friends, but long ago you abandoned us. For we are the unfulfilled promises of your youth. We are the unrealized hopes, dreams and plans that you once felt deeply in your heart, but never pursued. We are the unique talents that you never refined, the special gifts that you never discovered. Old friend, we have not come to comfort you, but to die with you."
An elderly man, in the final days of his life, is lying in bed alone. He awakens to see a large group of people clustered around his bed. Their faces are loving, but sad. Confused, the old man smiles weakly and whispers, "You must be my childhood friends come to say good-bye. I am so grateful."
Moving closer, the tallest figure gently grasps the old man's hand and replies, "Yes, we are your best and oldest friends, but long ago you abandoned us. For we are the unfulfilled promises of your youth. We are the unrealized hopes, dreams and plans that you once felt deeply in your heart, but never pursued. We are the unique talents that you never refined, the special gifts that you never discovered. Old friend, we have not come to comfort you, but to die with you."
Each of us has something that we can do better than anyone else on Earth!
I played the song I Believe in You by Il Divo (I downloaded it from itunes for $.99)
Here are the words to this song:
Lonely, the path you have chosen
A restless road, no turning back
One day you'll find your light again
Don't you know? Don't let go, be strong
Follow your heart
Let your love lead you through the darkness
Back to a place you once knew
I believe, I believe, I believe in you
Follow your dreams
Be yourself an angel of kindness
There's nothing that you cannot do
I believe, I believe, I believe in you
Rut Blocker
Starting Position: Seated with the band behind your back and under the arms. Hold the band (Holding the handles will probably not give you enough resistance, so cue for participants to grasp along the tube- not wrapping it around the wrist or hand.)
Holding on to the tube, pull yourself up to standing. You can repeat this chair squat as many times as you wish. Squats make a wonderful transition from sitting to standing or standing to sitting!
Cue for participants to: Punch up to the front-Up
Punch out about shoulder height- Out
Cross tubes to the front about shoulder height - Cross
Repeat with other arm on top- Cross
Punch 2 to the R
Punch 2 to the L
Repeat
When they get comfortable with this, add two steps to the R when they punch to the R and two steps to the L when they punch to the L. This is a great coordination segment!
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