It's a Gas

Life provides all kinds of disappointments, regrets, sorrows, failures, disappointments, tragedies, pain, suffering, disease, death ...  Despite all of these challenges we try our best to pick ourselves up by the bootstraps and carry on.  When the sorrow and grief subside, and the sky clears, we find ourselves in a position to stand up tall and walk on.  Carry on!  Set an example for courage and toughness, and acknowledge the good we can do and the joys and satisfactions that remain.  

We are Jumpin' Jack Flash, and despite the disappointments, Life is a Gas!  


"I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain,
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right.  I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
It's a Gas!  Gas!  Gas!
 
I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag,
I was schooled with a strap right across my back,
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
It's a Gas!  Gas!  Gas!
 
I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead.
I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled.
I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I was crowned with a spike right thru my head.
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
It's a Gas!  Gas!  Gas!
 

Jumping Jack Flash, it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash, it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash, it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash, it's a gas."

-  Jumpin' Jack Flash by the Rolling Stones
   Lyrics by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

   1968

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