Free to Be You and Me

Be You by Being True to YourSelf

This is a short write up on Authenticity. I’ve been exploring how to Live Authentically for about 8 years now since I moved to Portland, Oregon/Vancouver, WA otherwise known as the PNW. Leaving Texas was heartbreaking and at the same time a huge relief for me to finally STAY OUT of my comfort zone of the Beloved Austin, TX where I was born, where Willie Nelson Lives on, and where many humans continue to move to for fun, sun, and something different from their homeland.

Below is a song that I was in LOVE with when I was a child, let’s say around age 3. My parents owned the record and I still remember the feeling of excitement, surprise & joy when the record came out to be played on our 70’s something record player. When this particular song came on, I would dance around and sing it with a smile. At this age, I didn’t intellectually know what I was saying, but the words resonated with my spirit and expanded my heart. I felt elated and free.

This is what being authentic feels like to me – elated and free. Elated means ecstatically happy!

Singing you this song from my childhood is my way of introducing my latest 3 podcast episodes on:

• Creating Space for OurSelf

• Authenticity

• Authenticity Part 2

You can find them on Spotify or Apple podcasts. Take a Listen to one or ALL if and when you desire.

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Song by The New Seekers

Free To Be...You And Me (song from 1974)

There's a land that I see where the children are free
And I say it ain't far to this land from where we are
Take my hand, come with me, where the children are free
Come with me, take my hand, and we'll live

In a land where the river runs free
In a land through the green country
In a land to a shining sea
And you and me are free to be you and me

I see a land bright and clear, and the time's comin' near
When we'll live in this land, you and me, hand in hand
Take my hand, come along, lend your voice to my song
Come along, take my hand, sing a song

For a land where the river runs free
For a land through the green country
For a land to a shining sea
For a land where the horses run free
And you and me are free to be you and me

Every boy in this land grows to be his own man
In this land, every girl grows to be her own woman
Take my hand, come with me where the children are free
Come with me, take my hand, and we'll run

To a land where the river runs free
To a land through the green country
To a land to a shining sea
To a land where the horses run free
To a land where the children are free
And you and me are free to be
And you and me are free to be
And you and me are free to be you and me