217. Ribbon 14: Clearing the Decks

The Sunday after this episode is released, January 4th, 2026, at 4 p.m. Eastern time, there will be an online gathering of folk who use song to help navigate life -- and we'll sing through this Ribbon of Songs with live-looping! To learn more, click here, or sign up right now to join us!   Lyrics ​& Links to the original episodes for the songs in this ribbon.   4. Let It Blow Through  by Maggie Wheeler   Let it blow through, let it blow through. Open up the windows of your soul, and let it blow through. Hard times come, and hard times go, let it blow through. Open up the windows of your soul, and let it blow through. Hard times come and hard times go, let it blow. Open up the windows of your soul, and let it blow through.   63. Awaken Me by Abigail Spinner McBride   1. Open my eyes to the miracles around me, wake me up, wake me up. (2x) 3. Shake me from my sleep and stir me from my dreaming. Chorus: Awaken me. (4x)   113. Borrow Trouble by Patricia Norton Let me not borrow this trouble ahead of time. Let me not carry this sorrow before it's mine. It will come when it comes, and go when it goes. I will know; I will know. It will come when it comes and go when it goes, I will know. My trust and love are banks on the river where grief and praise can find a flow. My tender heart, it floats on the ocean. The waves come. The waves go.   161. Good Friend  by Jan Harmon Oh the wind, it is a song that harbours through the winter, Oh the sail, it is a door that bids the song to enter, And let us sail the sea, good friend, And let us sing together, The singer lasts a season long, While the song, it lasts forever.   204. May the Way Open Before You by Ana Hernández May the way open before you. May you see beyond darkness and light to the love you are; to the love you bring into the world.   6. Be Open by Debbie Nargi-Brown Be open for something wonderful to happen Be open to the possibility (x2) Aiye Aiye Aiye, Aiye Aiye Aiye (x2)   Join this community of people who love to use song to help navigate life? Absolutely: https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/335811/81227018071442567/share   Help us keep going: reviews, comments, encouragement, plus contributions... we float on your support. https://www.abreathofsong.com/gratitude-jar.html