10. WILLING — Lyrics
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Lyrics
[Intro]
Crow says:
Willing doesn’t ask you to believe.
It only asks you to arrive.
Land first.
The wire will teach you the rest.
Are you willing to receive?
[Verse]
Willingness is the doorway—
open to seeing this differently—
I arrive without hurry.
Time unfolds kindly.
I arrive unfinished,
I stay.
I come unsure,
I stay.
Willing to stand with myself
In a gentler way
Crow says:
Pick a place.
Put your feet down.
That’s willingness,
now …say:
(pause)
[Pre-Chorus]
I am willing to trust myself today—
today—
That’s how I change
[Chorus]
Creativity flows—
when I soften my hold.
I’m willing.
I loosen the mold—
let the old story fold—
I’m willing.
[Bridge]
I wobble, I wait,
Willing to soften
Inside the ache
When I don’t know where to start,
I start with willing
[Pre-Chorus]
I am willing to trust myself today—
today—
That’s how I change
[Chorus]
Creativity flows—
when I soften my hold.
I’m willing.
I loosen the mold—
let the old story fold—
I’m willing.
[Outro]
Crow nods from the wire—
keeping watch over the pause
where willingness grows.
About This Song
This song is Louise Hay in crow feathers.
WILLING grew out of one simple truth I learned from her work:
You don’t have to feel ready to begin.
You don’t have to believe every word yet.
You only have to be willing.
Louise Hay taught that willingness is enough to start change moving.
Not effort.
Not force.
Not fixing.
Just a gentle agreement with yourself.
I tried to start with the “I approve of you” affirmations and others she recommended, but I never believed them. it felt forced. Then I remembered Abraham hick’s saying “Go General”
So i stepped down, to “i am willing.”
This is the affirmation i repeated all day. Even for a while while pregnant, my husband and i started doing our own “affirmation showers” where we would literally take a shower, and say affirmations out loud the whole time.
I couldn’t say a lot, but I could say I am willing.
I am willing to change.
I am willing to see things differently.
I am willing to recieve good things
Crow as witness
Crow simply watches the pause.
That pause — between fear and movement, between old stories and new ones — is where willingness grows. That’s where creativity returns. That’s where the grip loosens enough for something honest to move through.
Why this song matters in INTERLVDE
WILLING sits near the end of the album because it’s an integration song.
After grief, reflection, laughter, confusion, and play — this track offers a simple practice I can carry into an ordinary day:
I am willing to trust myself today.
No pressure.
No perfection.
Just today.
thank you
This song exists because Louise Hay taught me that kindness works.
That language matters.
That the body listens.
I didn’t write this to teach anyone else.
I wrote it to learn how to stay.
I share because if she hadn’t shared herself, I wouldn’t be here.
If you’re listening, may willingness meet you gently.
May creativity flow where you soften your hold.
A little crow’s on the wire,
keeping watch over you. 🐦⬛
