Stairway To Heaven

There are two pathways that we can follow in this life.  One of these is broad and descends as it follows a path of least resistance.  The other road ascending seems narrow and less travelled.  The pathway is laid before us -- but there is walking and climbing to be done.  The ascent comes through the cultivation of virtue and steady progression in the moral and spiritual life.  With the help of divine grace we grow in moral stature and strength - like a rock - as we steadily make the ascent.  But if we grow lax or linger on the steps we risk rolling back down the path of least resistance and away from our transcendent goal.  The light of grace still shines on those souls -- with the image of God that glitters like gold -- wondering on that lower road.  The attentive listener faintly hears the tune calling him back to the stairway leading home.

Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven


There’s a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she’s buying a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for

Ooh, ooh, and she’s buying a stairway to heaven

There’s a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there is a songbird who sings:
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven

Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it makes me wonder

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who standing looking

Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, really makes me wonder

And it’s whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter

If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow
Don’t be alarmed now
Its just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you’re on

And it makes me wonder
Ooooooh…

Your head is humming and it won’t go
In case you don’t know
The pipers calling you to join him

Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow
And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show…
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard the tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all, yeah, to be a rock and not to roll

And she’s buying a stairway… to heaven....