“We hear your song, honor your journey, and bless the love your life keeps singing.”
Butterfly Mondays – July 20, 2026
Healing Station Zoom: 6:00 PM EST Join Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88324556318?pwd=QlNsT3lLWnc0alo3K09nN0JoaFNxQT09
My Song by Dr. Bruce Purnell
What My Life Has Been Singing
I have been verse and thunder,
I have been bridge and rain,
I have been chorus rising
through joy, through loss, through pain.
I have been Sunday morning,
I have been midnight prayer,
I have been laughter at the table
and silence in a chair.
I have been what they called me,
and what I learned was true;
I have been broken open
until love came shining through.
Now let my living answer
with wisdom in my tone;
when others hear my story,
may they know they are not alone.
So if my life keeps singing
when I have left the room,
let it sound like love is winning,
let it sound like Joy in tune.
What song do I sing for me that best represents how I see myself and how I want others to see me?
Join us for a heart-centered reflection on music, memory, healing, and legacy. Guided by the joyful metaphor in Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Sing a Song,” we will explore the soundtrack of our lives and ask: What song is being sung about me, and what song do I want my life to keep singing now? Bring the title of a song that carries your story, strength, joy, faith, healing, or legacy. You do not have to sing. You only need to bring your truth, your listening heart, and your willingness to honor others’ songs.
Home B.A.S.E. Listening Agreements:
Allow people to pass, write quietly, hum softly, or share only what feels right.
Listen to the heart, not just the history.
Receive each person’s song as sacred.
Do not correct another person’s meaning or memory.
Offer appreciation before advice.
Hold grief and joy with equal tenderness.
Songs tell the truth before we have the words to explain it. A song can take us back to the kitchen where we were cooking, humming, and harmonizing. It can take us to church, to a first dance, to a loss we survived, to a victory nobody else fully understood, or to the quiet moment when we decided to keep living. For Journeyers, music is more than entertainment. Music is testimony, medicine, a place where pain and joy sit together, and a memory of who raised us, who prayed for us, who hurt us, who loved us, and who we became on this journey of life.
In this session, “I Write A Song For Me,” we will use Earth, Wind & Fire’s “I Write The Songs” and “Sing a Song” as guiding metaphors. The invitation is simple and powerful: if your life had a song, what would it say? What would the verse tell us about what you endured? What would the chorus reveal about the truth you keep returning to? What bridge helped you move from survival to healing? What legacy note do you want to leave behind?
This is not a session about choosing a favorite record; it’s about history and meaning. Sometimes the song that represents us is joyful because joy was hard-earned. Sometimes it is a hymn because faith carried us when facts could not offer comfort, jazz because our lives demanded improvisation, blues because we learned to turn sorrow into sound, and soul because we never stopped loving, even when life tried to harden us.
The central question is: What song best captures how we see ourselves and how we want others to see us? That question is essential to understand because many people have had songs sung over them that were too small, too painful, or too untrue. Some were told they were defined only by their mistakes, that grief was a weakness, and that their dreams were too late. Love More offers a different space. In Love More, we listen for the deeper song. We listen for the love, wisdom, courage, humor, tenderness, and transformation that may have been hidden beneath the noise.
When we start to embrace our life song, the room becomes a circle of witnesses. We do not correct the story, rush the tears, or reduce the song to nostalgia. We honor it as a living message, hear the verse, celebrate the chorus, bless the bridge, and receive the legacy. By the end of the session, every intergenerational journeyer will be invited to name one word they want their life to keep singing. It could be Love, Joy, Hope, Peace, Purpose, Forgiveness, Transformation, Liberation, or many other words. Whatever the word, it becomes a note in the larger song of community.
Exercise: My Life Has a Soundtrack
Purpose. We use music as a doorway into identity, healing, and legacy. The exercise helps us name the song that represents our lives and translates that song into a story of meaning.
Materials. Pens, index cards, worksheet copies, optional access to a speaker or music, and a soft-closing instrumental, if appropriate.
Invitation. “Today, we are not asking for a performance; it’s an invitation to remember. Choose a song that reflects something true about your life, your spirit, or how you want to be known. The song can be joyful, sacred, soulful, bluesy, jazzy, country, gospel, R&B, hip-hop, classical, or something only you understand.”
Step-by-Step Process
Step 1 – Choose the Song: Write the song title and artist. If you cannot remember the title, describe the song, the feeling, the memory, or a line you associate with it without quoting it directly.
Step 2 – Name the Verse: Identify one part of your life story that the song helps you remember. This may be a season, a challenge, a turning point, a relationship, or a victory.
Step 3 – Find the Chorus: Name the truth, value, or message that keeps returning in your life. This is the part of your song you want people to hear clearly.
Step 4 – Honor the Bridge: Reflect on a time when your life changed course. What helped you move from one season to another?
Step 5 – Leave the Legacy Note: Write one word or phrase you want your life to keep singing in others’ lives.
Journeyer Worksheet: My Life Song Liner Notes
| Prompt | My Notes |
| My Life Song Song title and artist: | |
| How I See Myself This song represents me because: | |
| How I Want Others to See Me When people hear my life, I want them to hear: | |
| Verse One part of my story this song carries: | |
| Chorus The truth, value, or message that keeps returning in my life: | |
| Bridge A turning point that changed me: | |
| Legacy Note One word or phrase I want my life to keep singing: |
SOUL Sharing Circle
- My song is…
- It represents me because…
- The part of my life it carries is…
- I want others to see me as…
- The one word I want my life to keep singing is…
Additional Reflection Prompts - What song did life try to make you sing that no longer represents who you are?
- What song helped you survive a hard season?
- What song reminds you of the people who showed you Love?
- What song would your younger self be surprised to hear you choose today?
- What song do you want your grandchildren, family, or community to remember when they think of you?
- What word do you want your life to keep singing after you leave the room?
Reflection Quiz
This Quiz is designed to reinforce the metaphor, not to grade anyone’s life experience.
1. What is the central point of the session?
A. What song was most popular when I was young?
B. Who is the best singer in the room?
C. What song represents how I see myself and want others to see me?
D. What song should everyone agree is the best?
Answer: ______
2. In this session, the “verse” represents:
A. The part of the song everyone sings together
B. A part of my life story or a season I have lived through
C. The final word of the session
D. A musical instrument
Answer: ______
3. In this session, the “chorus” represents:
A. The loudest person in the group
B. A song that has no meaning
C. The truth, value, or message that keeps returning in my life
D. A rule that prevents sharing
Answer: ______
4. In this session, the “bridge” represents:
A. A turning point or transition in my life
B. A place where songs are stored
C. The end of all reflection
D. Something only musicians understand
Answer: ______
5. The main purpose of sharing the life song is to:
A. Compete with other people’s songs
B. Prove who knows the most music
C. Avoid hard memories
D. Reflect on identity, healing, and legacy
Answer: ______
6. Home B.A.S.E. listening asks us to:
A. Correct someone’s story if we remember it differently
B. Receive each person’s song as sacred
C. Give advice before appreciation
D. Rush through silence
Answer: ______
7. The “song sung to me” can refer to:
A. Messages, labels, or stories others placed on me
B. Only the songs on the radio
C. A song with no connection to my life
D. A song nobody can hear
Answer: ______
8. The “song sung by me” points to:
A. Someone else’s truth
B. A random playlist
C. The story, attitude, or meaning I have learned to carry and express
D. A requirement to sing solo
Answer: ______
9. The “song sung about me” points to:
A. Gossip only
B. A song written by a celebrity
C. A song with no memory
D. How my life is remembered and the legacy I leave
Answer: ______
10. A “legacy note” is:
A. One word or phrase I want my life to keep singing
B. A music contract
C. A test score
D. A reason not to share
Answer: ______
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