I am a big fan of Bruno Mars, so if you don’t know before now you know. ‘Leave the Door Open’ collaboration with Paak is fire! I love the song, it is one of those songs that takes me to a place and puts me in the mood. Feel free to interpret that whichever way you like. The song has style, vibe and groove, Paak’s voice is sensational. I remember sharing the song with a few people, who send me? Anyway that is what you do when you love something, you loath to keep it to yourself.
Talking about leaving the door open, there is this incredibly beautiful City, it was designed and created to be spectacular, it had everything, landscape was breathtaking, it was picturesque, blessed with abundance of resources, limitless will be the apt word, peaceful and calm, the water was blue as deep sea, the core of the city breathe life, it came forth as a new born baby, untouched, unblemished, innocent and pure as the driven snow. Everyone gasped and gapped in awe at the City, wanting a bit of it, actually a lot of it, they all wanted to be part of it. In the spirit of Silk Sonic, the City left the door open and every and any one came in, the good, the bad and the ugly, there was no censoring, no filter, no visa, no entry requirement, no boundaries. Actually to ensure the city was well populated and never lonely, all walls, gates, doors and boundaries were removed. Why be lonely when you can have a well populated city?
As you rightly guess, the city was no longer beautiful, it became troubled and defecated, the thief came in as well as the builders and they did when thieves do, they stole, the destroyer came and destroyed, the user came and used, the abuser came and abused, the fool came and did his folly, the narcissistic came and entrenched himself, the time waster came and wasted time, the confused came and confuse the whole city and there it goes, so the wise left and the builder left, the uplifter left as they could not cohabit with the unsavouriness of this world. The city groaned and moaned under the weight of the destruction, it became depressed, ugly and haggard, worn out, the heart of the city was heavy. Someone once said ‘any man that open his door to many women, will become poor, sleep on the floor and regret his whole life’ we all had a good laugh at the cheekiness of the words but the wisdom of it resounded till this day. Our beautiful city that was once rich became poor just like the man, it was plundered and pillaged for the door was left open.
Who really is the City? The beautiful city is you and I, our being is beautifully crafted, our lives are destined for greatness, our heart is a place of richness, our psyche is neat and yet from a child likeness that bothers on childishness or folly, we leave our door open, some of us actually have no door, no boundaries, no entry requirement, if you answer by the label of ‘human being’ you are welcome, I have been guilty I admit. We don’t even understand that our role is as a gate keeper, screening , allowing or rejecting entry into our lives as we consider necessary. No the door of heaven is not flung open for any and every one, even Jesus can not barrage Himself into our lives, our hearts, He stands at the door and knock and waits.
I believe there are times, we have to close shop, down tool, do some serious house keeping, build the wall, yes put in some gates, have entry requirement, let there be boundaries, toss out unsavouriness from our life, restore the beauty that once was. I know we live in an age of thousands of social media friends and followers and this has become a bragging right or medal. I guess it could work for the city we do not care much about, but that which we care much about can not be free flowing. Even Jesus only allowed a few into His inner circle
Purge out every thing that has troubled your soul, we can do this, we’ve got it! I love Silk Sonic but today we have to close that door and allow entry as required.
Be the gate keeper of your soul!
Beautiful Ivory 