wilson: September 2026

Just as with books, I love it when a song plays at just the right moment and it is like someone is talking to me. The day after Dolly Parton died I was listening to NPR. They played this song during their tribute, Light of a Clear Blue Morning. I had not heard this song before but the timing of hearing it that morning could not be better. On September 1 I began a six month leave of absense from work. This is not a decision I took lightly but I felt like I could not keep spinning all the plates and my health was suffering and I needed to take some time for me to figure out how to get my life back in balance.

Here are the lyrics:

It's been a long dark nightAnd I've been a-waitin' for the morningIt's been a long hard fightBut I see a brand new day dawningI've been looking for the sunshineYou know I ain't seen it in so longBut everything's gonna work out just fineAnd everything's gonna be alrightThat's been all wrong

'Cause I can see the light of a clear blue morningI can see the light of a brand new dayI can see the light of a clear blue morningOh, and everything's gonna be alrightIt's gonna be okay

It's been a long, long timeSince I've known the taste of freedomThose clinging vinesThat had me bound, well, I don't need 'emOh, I've been like a captured eagleYou know, an eagle's born to flyNow that I have won my freedomLike an eagle, I am eager for the sky

'Cause I can see the light of a clear blue morningI can see the light of brand new dayI can see the light of a clear blue morningOh, and everything's gonna be alrightIt's gonna be okay

I can see the light of a clear blue morningI can see the light of brand new dayI can see the light of a clear blue morningOh, and everything's gonna be alrightEverything's gonna be alrightEverything's gonna be alrightIt's gonna be okay

But I can see the light of a clear blue morningI can see the light of a brand new dayI can see the light of a clear blue morningOh, and everything's gonna be alrightEverything's gonna be alrightEverything's gonna be alrightIt's gonna be okay

'Cause I can see the light of a clear blue morningI can see the light of brand new dayI can see the light of a clear blue morningEverything's gonna be alrightEverything's gonna be alrightEverything's gonna be alrightIt's gonna be okay

Woo

I totally relate to the optimism of these lyrics. I know that everything's gonna be alright.

Wednesday, September 2, 2026