Time to Smile

Every now and again, a song so perfectly captures what's going on in a person's life that it feels like it was tailor-made for just that occasion.

Well, as I now leave the seemingly endless Seattle winter to embark on my next big adventure, here's a song that, while not word-for-word exactly what's happening, it's awfully damn close:

"Well I'm packing things in my bag today,

Heading south to my country again.

Summer is coming, it's time to smile.

See worry and change it has spun me around,

My big old heart has been ripped right out.

Summer is coming, it's time to smile.

Woah, its time to smile.

Step out of the whirlpool of lies and deceit,

Heading for still waters and pure honesty.

Summer is coming, it's time to smile.

Woah, it's time to smile.

There's been more rain this year

and the country is going strong.

And with my feet in the dust

I know now I was meant to return.

My young hearts are two thousand miles away,

Must focus my strength, told them this way.

Summer is coming, it's time to smile.

Time to smile, Time to smile,

Time to smile, Time to smile.

See I'm packing things in my bag today,

And I'm, heading south to my country again.

Summer is coming, it's time to smile.

See now worry and change it has spun me around,

My big old heart has been ripped right out.

Summer is coming, it's time to smile.

Said woah, it's time to smile

It's time to smile."

Thank you, Xavier. I couldn't have said it better.

Let's do this trip.