Seasons of Love
The other night I was browsing through some choral music selections I could recommend as possible songs for my community chorus next year. I came across one of my favorites. It is called Seasons of Love from the award winning Broadway musical Rent. I always thought it was a catchy tune, but never paid much attention to the words. So I listened, and it hit home. 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. How do you measure a year in the life? How about love? Measure in love! Seasons of love! How will you measure this past year? We have many standards. I have a friend who measures how far he has pedaled his bike. I have another friend that looks at golf scores. I might look at how much money I made or what professional accomplishments I have achieved. Others look at how their favorite sports team performed. We all have different...