I missed Alias on Sunday. Yeah, that's the one out of two television shows that I watch regularly. I was wondering what was going on - a football game seemed to preempt my show, but all the while my TV was turned to the wrong channel! I'm almost too embarassed to even admit that!
Anyway, The Practice was on, and there was this story about Maxine (played by actress Carol Woods), a plump Black lady who was being sued by her white male neighbor for singing Whitney Houston's "One Moment In Time" every morning with her powerful voice. She was made to sing it in court and she sung the hell out of it - and of course it was all over for him ... she won.
Maxine is an overweight woman who sings that song every morning to fight depression, to stay alive and to see every new day as a blessing and an opportunity. Okay, well at least that's my take on it - and I guess that's why it got through to me. I've been catching myself singing it, too. The words are really powerful and inspirational to me; I really relate to them. I've spent so many moments, hours, days, weeks, months and maybe even years of my life procrastinating and fighting bouts of depression - it really hurts to admit this. I've spent so much time just feeling trapped into doing nothing and being numb. The words of that song really echo how I've been feeling lately ... and I've been feeling really good.
I love the song One Moment in Time and have ordered the CD. I need the lyrics please.