If you read the lyrics of the song they are quite poignant and pertinent as of today.
“There goes my baby
There goes my heart
They're gone forever
So far apart”
Chorus.
In one sense the baby has gone, as has one’s heart. And this could be quite a testament as to today’s environment. People are the “baby”, the “heart” is maybe routine or spirit. The point is that people are drifting due to a lack of contact, a new way of working. The routine, the spirit that glues us all together, creating the grease of life is thin, and thins further as I type. In one sense the chorus lines split apart and thus the song, a well known song. A reflection on the order and society we are used to.
People, routine, working, living together are part of one holistic “thing”. We are in one sense an ecosystem within a bigger ecosystem, multi-dependent. In fact part of the universe that we all live in. A natural order. And it sits within nothing, it is as soluble as it is undefined.
Therefore, are we “far apart”? How can one be far apart if one is not joined?
The ebb and flow
I suppose the point I make is that life is disjointed and people are the same, as are their routines or way of life. But there is a glue that holds us together. When I studied Law at Lancaster (liberal and not Black Letter) I came across Natural Law. I was incredibly lucky to be able to study the epistemology of it all at the Faculty and it definitely left something on me, a taste so to speak. There is a “something” that holds us all together, a divine right and wrong that drives a number of us. Drives us? By that we are driven in one direction. I have seen many kind acts over these troubled times, and it reinforces for me the fact that there is and can be a way of life we can embrace as people, whereby we look after each other, or just show random acts of kindness.
Life can be very hard even for those with “money” and by that I mean they are comfortable. There is a new way in which we can work, and I have seen this with our neighbours alone. We now talk and chat, we connect, whereas before we were solo in our life in Saddleworth. So maybe we can see a new way in this adversity? Devoid of politics, spite, venom, and chasing status.
Have a look at: Briony
https://www.facebook.com/brionygunson
And so importantly Mike Pegg.
https://www.thepositiveencourager.global/mike-pegg-the-art-of-strengths-coaching/