Set the Tigers Free, Episode 190
What does it take to let go so that something new that is calling has a chance to be freed up in our lives? And what does it take to be the ones who can support others - especially those we love and want to cling to - to let go when it's called for?
This week's Turning Towards Life is a conversation about hope, grief, leaving, and letting ourselves be changed, hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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Here's our source for this week, from a song by 'Villagers'. You can find a performance of the song here:
Set the Tigers Free
Farewell to my only friend
You've been so good to me
Now the carnival has ended
Let's set the tigers free
The spring was always early
And the winter never came
But since I got this hunger
It just hasn't been the same
I'm leaving for the great wide open plains
Leaving while this holy spark remains
I see you've written promises to make me stay
But it really doesn't matter now anyway
I'm leaving
True love feeds on absences like pleasure feeds on pain
So no matter where I'm standing I still love you all the same
And I hope you feel the same way when its your turn to disappear
I'll be cheering from the sidelines with a sandwich and a beer
And all at once I step outside into the wind and rain I let it wash my weary eyes and see you do the same
(And all at once I step outside into the wind and rain I let it wash my weary eyes and see you do the same)
by Villagers (song lyrics by Conor O'Brien)
Photo by Derek Liang on Unsplash