Okay, so Tragically Hip has a
great song called, "It's a good life if you don't weaken." That dates back to 2002. When was the GN published? Is this a common phrase I haven't noticed before. I feel embarrassingly out of the loop now!
Last night a library patron was searching for literature on helping a family member with a drinking problem. She was hoping to help her mother. She was hurried but grateful for the assistance. It's something that amazes me about this job: the glimpses into peoples lives, beyond the superficial. Strangers share with you. Sometimes I feel jaded about the amount of servitude my job in the public sector involves, but times like this I feel blessed to interact with the community in this way....
I leave you with a few lines from the Hip...
"When the colour of the night
and all the smoke for one life
gives way to shaky movements,
improvisational skills,
a forest of whispering speakers
let's swear that we will
get with the times,
in a current health to stay
let's get friendship right
get life day-to-day
in the forget-yer-skates dream
full of countervailing woes
in diverse-as-ever scenes
proceeding on a need-to-know
in a face so full of meaning
as to almost make it glow
O' for a good life, we just might have to weaken
And find somewhere to go
go somewhere where we're needed
find somewhere to grow
grow somewhere we're needed."
