It’s one of the songs that convinced him to release a Greatest Hits record of his work as Cat Stevens. Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, considers this his favorite of his old songs. He is surrendering to a power greater than himself – the “faithful light.” In the bridge of the song, Stevens seems to be speaking of faith, indicating clearly that, although he is experiencing this ecstasy in the present, despite all the losses and suffering of existence, it is the light that has found him, and not the other way around. If we are wrapped up in our whirlpools of worry and concern about what could be, or what has been, we are missing the richness of life as it is. Every moment in life is rich and unique whether we are aware of it or not, we are always leaping and hopping on a moonshadow – the inescapable present moment.
See life as it is, right now, and don’t compare it to others’ lives, or other times in your life. Stevens wrote this about finding hope in any situation.
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