Think About It

I realize 1988 was a long time ago, but when I listen to my music it seems like yesterday. During that time I was listening to Country Music and a singer by the name of Earl Thomas Conley had a song called “What She Is (Is A Woman In Love)”. The essence of the song is how this woman makes the most out of her situation. After listing a variety of ways her man has let her down, the singer notes, “And she's looking at him with her heart and not her eyes. What she sees is only what she wants to … What she has, she thinks is enough, … What she does is just look at the good things and what she is … Is a woman in love.” Through the years there have been a lot of songs that may lean toward a good-hearted woman being in love with a good timing man (Waylon Jennings); but this song struck me as something different. It’s not about enduring abuse or being mistreated, it is about looking for and finding the good in your situation. It is more than looking for the good in a bad situation,