A few days ago, I was listening to some music and out of nowhere, a song by George Harrison came on. How had I missed this one? Had I heard it all those years ago and ignored it? You see, the song wasn’t one of his big hits, but when I stopped, listened to it again, and read the lyrics, it took my breath away.
Perhaps it’s because I’m closing in on my 68th birthday in a few months, and I think more deeply than I did in my twenties. Oh, to be able to go back in time and treat people that I love and care about with more kindness and more love.
This song is a great reminder that perhaps we should slow down and not be so quick to judge. Especially those we love.
The Answers at the End
Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass
You know his faults, now let his foibles pass
Life is one long enigma, my friend
So read on, read on, the answer’s at the end
Don’t be so hard on the ones that you love
It’s the ones that you love we think so little of
Don’t be so hard on the ones that you need
It’s the ones that you need we think so little of
The speech of flowers excels the flowers of speech
But what’s often in your heart is the hardest thing to reach
And life is one long mystery, my friend
So live on, live on, the answer’s at the end
Don’t be so hard on the ones that you love
It’s the ones that you love we think so little of
Don’t be so hard on the ones that you need
It’s the ones that you need we think so little of
Don’t be so hard on the ones that you love
It’s the ones that you love we think so little of
Oh, we think so little of
The ones that we love
Sometimes
Isn’t it a pity how we hurt
The ones that we love the most of all?
The ones we shouldn’t hurt at all
You know my faults, now let my foibles pass
‘Cause life is one long enigma, my friend
Live on, live on, the answer’s at the end
Don’t be so hard on the ones that you love
It’s the ones that you love we think so little of
Don’t be so hard on the ones that you need
It’s the ones that you need we think so little of
Don’t be so hard on the ones that you love
It’s the ones that you love we think so little of
Don’t be so hard on the ones that you need
It’s the ones that you need we think so little of
Mmm, the ones that we love
We hurt the most of all
Sometimes
And isn’t it a pity how
We hurt the ones that we love?
