REFOCUSING . . .

I saw a trailer for the upcoming movie version of "Rent." All I can say about "Rent" is that I loved it. I saw it with Wonger, when Joey Fatone from N*Sync played Mark, and during one of the scenes where Mark dances across a series of tables in a bar, he did that N*Sync "Bye, Bye, Bye" dance move with the arms, and all these teeny-bopper girls who had somehow all obtained front-row seats started shrieking and swooning in glee. THAT was interesting.

So now, "Rent" is all I can think about. I heard the soundtrack and listened to it for years and years before I actually got around to seeing it ... and at so many different times throughout the years, it has served as a soundtrack to my own life and experiences. And to be reminded of it today, in these times ... so heart-wrenching and uplifting at the same time. And so, I have reintroduced "Rent" into my play list, and it's all I listened to today and tonight, and this song, these words, speak to me vigorously and meaningfully ...

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes;
Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear;
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes;
How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights? In sunsets?
In midnights, in cups of coffee?
In inches? In miles?
In laughter, in strife?

In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes;
How do you measure a year in the life?

How about love?
Measure in love.
Seasons of love.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes;
Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan;
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes;
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?

In truths that she learned, or in the times that he cried?
In bridges he burned, or the way that she died?

It's time now, to sing out, though the story never ends.
Let's celebrate, remember a year in the life of friends.

Remember the love;
Measure in love.
Measure, measure your life in love;
Seasons of love.