Just Look Around

You don’t need… anybody telling you
What to believe… it’s right there in front of you

Look around
Just look around

Open your eyes and just look around

See everything right from the ground
A flower in bloom is such a beautiful sight
Trees tall and green and birds in flight
Soar up to the sky where clouds sail by
Just pay attention and you’ll see why

You don’t need… anybody telling you
What to believe… it’s right there in front of you
Look around
Just look around

But there’s more to life than meets the eye
Sometimes you’ve got to look inside
Taking your seat breathing in and out
Notice thoughts and feelings that come about
When you open your heart and open your mind
If you dig deep enough then you will find

Churches and creeds don’t know everything that’s true
You got to believe what you find inside of you
Look around
Just look around

Look around and eventually
You’ll see we’re connected one big family
Through a powerful bond deep in your heart
There’s something greater and you’re one part
We’re in it together, from many one
Something unexpected arises from

You and me… joining in community
You got to believe… there’s a place for you to be
Look around
Just look around

Buddha, Jesus Mohammed too
Were living their lives the same as me and you
'Cause we’re all prophets with a story to tell
So claim your power and do it well
Send a message of Love not a message of fear
And your impeccable Word is what I’ll hear

You don’t need… to be afraid of hurting me
You've got to believe... your Word of love will set me free
Look around
Just look around

Flowers and trees even you and me
All sharing our lives through eternity
One word three letters an idea so grand
It’s greater than anyone can understand
But you’ll know god every single day
Just look around and you can say

I don’t need… anybody telling me
What to believe… god is everything I see
Look around
Just look around
Look around

Just look around

Snow (by my son, "Anonymous")

it falls from the sky
light as a feather
not present in heat
but only cold weather