Day 55
“What would you think if I sang out of tune Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song And I’ll try not to sing out of key

Oh I get by with a little help from my friends 

Mm I get high with a little help from my friends 

Mm gonna try with a little help from my friends. 

What do I do when my love is away?

(Does it worry you to be alone?)

How do I feel by the end of the day?

(Are you sad because you’re on your own?)
No I get by with a little help from my friends

Mm I get high with a little help from my friends

Mm gonna try with a little help from my friends.” 

I Get By With A Little Help from My Friends— Beatles 

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These well known lyrics from the Beatles are a great reminder to all of us that community is important. They are an important reminder that living life in isolation leads to not just loneliness but a drudgery and reclusiveness if we aren’t careful. 
I believe we were created to live in community; to help and care for each other. When the Beatles sing “I get by with a little help from my friends” they are echoing an ancient tradition of “love your neighbor as you love yourself”. Or this from Saint Augustine, “Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.”

I know I can’t get by without my friends, this includes people from far away and near, young and old, male and female. I rely on them for all sorts of things and am rarely disappointed. 

But I wonder with the richness of friendship that I have, can I begin to think of others who do not have what the Beatles expressed in this song? Can I begin to extend love and grace so that it can grow more and more? So that others can sing, “I get by with a little help from my friends…” 
I think we all can. 

Buen Camino 

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