Trainer Tom: Auld Lang Syne

The phrases “for auld lang syne” translate into trendy English as one thing like, “for outdated time’s sake.” The track we sing on New Yr’s Eve is a Scottish poem, written by Robert Burns in 1788, and is a melancholy farewell.

Daily, we are saying so lengthy to a lot, outdated occasions that can by no means return besides as reminiscences. 

As musician Nick Cave writes, “As we get older, loss turns into the first situation of residing . . . it simply signifies that you carry a deeper understanding of what it’s to be human.”

More often than not we do not actually give it some thought within the rush and crush of life, not noticing the modifications, the losses, solely to be reminded of them in spurts, in reflective moments, or when confronted all of the sudden by one thing that evokes days which might be gone. Typically what we have now misplaced overwhelms us, just like the passing of a cherished one, however more often than not, we mourn our losses with one thing like a track, elevating a glass with a tear in our eye, then transferring on with our deeper understanding, in hope, to create some extra. 

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