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Do you want to change your weather?
by Robert Charles Payne - posted Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 @ 11:50 amE-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
Most of the folks in the 50s and 60s were one-car families. Siblings had to learn to trade out the car for dates. When I was in high school, every time it was my turn for the car, Devone, my oldest brother, had always left the dial on the country station. There were not many country stations in the 60s, but my brother knew where they were. He loved country music. And that was when country wasn't cool.

I was not a country music fan, but now, some 45 years later, I love to listen to country music. A country song always has a life lesson. Every line in a country song is a life experience that most of us can identify with, especially if you have any country roots at all. A lot of the country singers came up the hard way and many of the songs reflect the hardships of being poor.

Today's column asked you if you want to change your weather? If you do, you are going to have to get the clouds out of your sky. These are some of the words to the song "What the World Needs Now" sung by Wynonna Judd. What an analogy. "You are going to have to take the clouds out of your sky. You are going to have to remove your dark and cloudy thoughts if you want a change in attitude."
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Robert Charles Payne is an inspirational writer who lives in West Monroe. He can be contacted by e-mailing robertcharlespayne@yahoo.com.
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