Pearls, Gems, & the Boss

Heard this morning in my car's tape deck (yes, my car is that old), from Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA" album:

Well, now young faces grow sad and old
And hearts of fire grow cold
We swore blood brothers against the wind
Now I'm ready to grow young again

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Blood brothers in the stormy night
With a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender

This song always reminds me that we need to keep our dreams and vision alive. In Bible college, when everyone else was signing yearbooks with quotes from Martin Luther and Menno Simmons, for my grad write-up, I quoted this same lyric from the Boss. It still reminds me to keep dreams alive and not "grow old" in the sense of getting jaded and cynical. "I'm ready to grow young again..."

Thanks, Bruce.