It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken

On what has become a day rife with disappointment, I thought a little melancholic music with an overall positive message might be in order.

Those who live or have lived in Canada will immediately recognize The Tragically Hip, an iconic rock band famous in their own country, but barely known outside its borders.

In any event, the lyrics of this song turn the title on its head by claiming "for a good life we just might have to weaken, and find somewhere to go. Go somewhere we're needed. Grow somewhere we needed." 

​This sounds negative at first, but it all depends on what "weakens" for the good life to become manifest. Whatever it might be, it involves going somewhere we are needed and growing once we reach that place. Hence, it is a weakening that generates purpose and growth. Whether taken literally or figuratively, I find the idea both inspiring and comforting.   Lyrics - It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken

When the color of the night
And all the smoke for one life
Gives way to shaky movements
Improvisational skills
A forest of whispering speakers
Let's swear that we will
Get with the times
In a current health to stay
Let's get friendship right
Get life day-to-day
In the forget-yer-skates dream
Full of countervailing woes
Its diverse-as-ever seen
Proceeding on a need-to-know
In a face so full of meaning
As to almost make it glow
For a good life we just might have to weaken
And find somewhere to go
Go somewhere we're needed
Find somewhere to grow
Grow somewhere we're needed