By Gretchen Sleicher
SongsForTheGreatTurning.net
Shared and sung with permission from Gretchen Sleicher
Gretchen Sleicher is a member of Ubuntu Choirs Network and well known for her delightfully harmonious, very singable, and very moving songs. She is a joy to work and sing with and we are lucky to know her! She has created the online collection Songs for the Great Turning, which is a real treasure trove of music and care.
You can listen to Gretchen sing and teach the song at THIS LINK (songsforthegreatturning.net/honoring-our-pain-for-the-world/may-this-be-an-opening/)
Gretchen says on her website: With so many challenges and losses we face, this is a song to pull out of the pocket and remind us that every loss can be an opening to/of/for love. The this in the first line of each verse can be anything, but especially our sorrows. The tantric flip reveals the love behind the pain, always a chance for opening. The song was written in 4 parts for a choir, and sounds great with basses singing that part an octave lower. It can be sung with hand motions suggesting opening.
Lyrics:
May this be an opening
May I be an opening
May we be an opening
An opening to love
May this be an opening
May I be an opening
May we be an opening
An opening of love
May this be an opening
May I be an opening
May we be an opening
An opening for love