Living Free:  Lyrics

Chorus:
Where is the place to be? Here.
When is the time to be? Now.
Who is it going to be? Me.
Living how? Free. Living how? Free.
Verse:
What do I mean by free? It’s like this,
The freedom to accept the world as it is
It’s the kind of freedom everybody can find
Freedom in your heart and freedom in your mind

It’s not the kind of freedom that you have to fight for
It’s the kind of freedom that you look inside for
Here’s a little shout out to Jon Kabat-Zinn
Who broke it down for us, showed us where to begin

First step is– Attention on purpose
Wide awake awareness is the key that serves us
The brilliance, the sweetness, open up your senses
To the colorful completeness that your one and only life is

Next step – be in the present moment
Now is all there is, stay here and own it
Truer than your memories or future wishes
Is the gift of the present, deep and delicious

Finally we have to be – nonjudgmental
Open and accepting, absolutely essential
No need to decide if it’s right or it’s wrong
Just notice what it is and let it move along

Moment to moment – moment to moment
Nonjudgmental – nonjudgmental
Attention on purpose – attention on purpose
Is mindfulness – is mindfulness

Moment to moment, nonjudgmental
Moment to moment, nonjudgmental
Attention on purpose is mindfulness
Attention on purpose is mindfulness

Chorus: repeat chorus

So here I am, in the situation
Able to create my own liberation
I take a deep breath, get in touch with the stillness
Ready to really explore the realness

I do more than look, I purposely see
More than hear, I listen intentionally
My sense are sharp, my mind is relaxed
I uncover the truth hidden underneath the facts

My concentration is wide and deep
I carefully consider, I carefully speak
Know when to hold on and when to release
I walk my path in life with ease

As I peacefully deal with all the stress in
Every situation, people start to question
How do you get such joy, such bliss?
I smile and say, “It’s like this.”

Moment to moment, nonjudgmental
Attention on purpose is mindfulness
Moment to moment, nonjudgmental
Attention on purpose is mindfulness

Chorus: repeat chorus

One place to be - Here
One time to be - Now
One person to be - Me
Living - Free. Living - Free.