Continuing on with the musical theme of the last post, this week I have been listening to the soundtrack of Evita in anticipation of its revival on Broadway next year. One verse from the song ‘Don’t cry for me Argentina‘ has played on my mind over and over again the song was recorded and released in 1976 followed by the complete double album release, which went gold. The musical has won a whole clatter of awards, including seven Tony’s, a Grammy and indeed an Oscar, for the film version starring Madonna.
The musical itself brings to life the dynamic, larger-than-life persona of Eva Peron. Beginning with a young and ambitious Eva, the production follows her meteoric rise to sainthood. The story tells of the enormous wealth and power she gained and the means by which she became the beloved Evita.
The following lines jumped out at me and summarized what I see with hindsight as the theme song of some of my teenage years and I am sure that many of you reading this can also identify with them.
‘So I chose freedom
Running around trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it too’
Sometimes we become bored with what we have, especially as we approach Christmas we begin to wish that we had this or that. We would be so much more happy if we had it..... Are lives would be more complete - yet the reality normally is that when we wake up on boxing day or the day after, the joy, the excitement, the feeling of completeness evaporates.
Similarly the rest of the year round, that night out, the drink fueled binge, that moment of dabbling in what we know will do us harm - may leave us with a feeling of freedom and a momentary buzz - but does it last??? The answer of course has to be no. No matter what we run after, no matter what we try, we still feel empty. Though as the words of the song remind us did we ever expect anything else?
We are complete only in the words of Mike Scott when we find God ‘where He always was’ , simply present in the world around us.
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