Gather Your Resilience

08 Jun Gather Your Resilience

This is a song about taking in support from others in our times of need. Inspired by Resmaa Menakem’s iconic book My Grandmother’s Hands, I first learned this song at Song Village in 2022 where I remember my heart opening so wide I just wept in the loving arms of our big, singing community.

Learn more about this song from the composer directly here.

Composer & Copyright

Original song ©Ríomas Amini (formerly Shireen Amini, arranged here with permission.) This, like all songs on this website, is a song made for sharing freely in community.  If you perform or record the song for income, contact them for permission.

Recording

Please support the composer’s forthcoming studio release of this song! https://shireenamini.com/
Recorded here by Lisa Littlebird for Wholehearted Chorus on guitar and vocals with permission from the composer.  Male voice in vocals generated with Kits AI.

Recording from Song Village 2022.

Lyrics

Part 1:
Resilience isn’t just from me
It comes from all the ones who choose to hold me and love me
Resilience is built from within
But also from the ones whose strength I choose to let in

Part 2:
Gather your resilience
Let your pride be gone
Gather your resilience
Someday you will pass it on

Part 3:
Just as much as pain, or more,
We gather, we store resilience
Resilience

Chorus:
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Guitar Chords

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Teaching Notes

Coming soon!

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