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Last November, a remarkable group of people came together in a Southern California recording studio to raise their voices as a choir. Together with singer/songwriter Eric Lowen (co-writer of Pat Benatar's 1984 smash hit "We Belong"), each member of the gathering has been profoundly effected by ALS--a progressive, neurodegenerative illness for which there is no known cure. This is a chronicle of their day.

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    J. Roland Cole

    What inspired you about this video? Corrected post: Anytime people who are having difficulties getting around, who have increasingly worse prospects in the near to "medium distant" future and who care to come together and create beauty, that is impressive, beautiful, courageous, showing exemplary loving-kindness and concern for others--and deserves our applause, appreciation, and support. I am disappointed that two links to the right related to this KarmaTube video are not working, and I hope someone can make them work soon. I love Naomi Shihab Nye's unusually sensitive, wise, uniquely crafted, beautifully insightful and deeply human poetry. I'd love to read/hear her words or poem suggesting we "Walk around feeling like a leaf...Know that you could tumble any second. Then decide what to do with your time." The link to the right, however, takes us no where; it doesn't work. Nor can we read the Eric Lowen interview; the link, weirdly, takes us to "http://abc7chicago.com/ where we read abour robberies and shootings, etc."--four times in a row. Thanks to everyone involved in this enterprise/production/activity for showing us how brightly our beautiful human spirits can shine!

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    J. Roland Cole

    Anytime people who are having difficulties getting around, who have increasingly worse prospects in the near to "medium distant" future and who care to come together and create beauty, that is impressive, beautiful, courageous, showing exemplary loving-kindness and concern for others--and deserves our applause, appreciation, and support. I am disappointed that two links to the right related to this video are not working, and I hope someone can make them work soon. I love Naomi Shihab Nye's unusually sensitive, wise, uniquely crafted, beautifully insightful and deeply human poetry. I'd loveAnytime people who are having difficulties getting around, who have increasingly worse prospects in the near to "medium distant" future and who care to come together and create beauty, that is impressive, beautiful, courageous, showing exemplary loving-kindness and concern for others--and deserves our applause, appreciation, and support. I am disappointed that two links related to this KarmaTube are not w to read/hear her words or poem suggesting we "Walk around feeling like a leaf...Know that you could tumble any second. Then decide what to do with your time." The link to the right, however, takes us no where; it doesn't work. Nor can we read the Eric Lowen interview; the link, weirdly, takes us to "http://abc7chicago.com/ where we read abour robberies and shootings, etc."--four times in a row.

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    not all

    This is very nice. However, one should note that there are 2 types of ALS. My beloved sister who died in October of 2011, had the kind that first takes away your ability to speak and swallow. She was walking fine until the day she died. She had the cruelest form of ALS, and she was a beautiful singer, fantastic cook. I am sure she would have rather had her voice and ability to eat, instead of being able to walk.

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    bappy

    If you want to see an example of the the human spirit flaring into a sparkling initiative then Learning to Fall is a must see!Wow...That touched my heart..They say the journey travelled is as important as the destination reached..Sometimes it takes sorrow to bring good people together..Beautiful music people..I thank you..

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    Armede

    I'm sitting here rubbing the scabs on my forearms. fell out of my wheel chair again. this song verbalizes the gratitude i feel for the wonderful life of music I've lived. and the music that is still in my life. may not be on a stage, but that was never what it was really about. it's about freeing the soul. and learning to roll - learning to fall after all. Peace, what a pleasure.

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    Peter Michael Dedes

    If you want to see an example of the the human spirit flaring into a sparkling initiative then Learning to Fall is a must see!

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    terry

    So many Can'ts in the world, so many Won'ts...and then you have the courageous ones, the ones who say Why Not? Who teach all the rest of us what strength is really all about...how beautiful that character trait truly is in everyone of you. Wow indeed. Thanks, take care-

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    Laurie

    I loved the music by Lowen and Navarro and always wondered what happened to them. A friend sent me this link since my husband was just diagnosed with ALS. We'll fight on together - and your Broken Moon album will mean even more to me than it already did.

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    Wendy

    The message is so deeply moving... Thank you Eric Lowen, for sharing and reminding us of how profound our human spirit is and where it can take us when so moved... Keep moving us all, thusly!

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    murray

    this song is great it Touched my heart

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    Jules

    Wow...That touched my heart..They say the journey travelled is as important as the destination reached..Sometimes it takes sorrow to bring good people together..Beautiful music people..I thank you..

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    Jules

    Wow...That touched my heart..They say the journey travelled is as important as the destination reached..Sometimes it takes sorrow to bring good people together..Beautiful music people..I thank you..

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    Geri Taran

    As always, Karmatube is every kind of wonderful... Thank you, Geri

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    Julienne

    That was a great amount of team spirit! keep it up & God bless you all!

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  • Make a donation in support of finding a cure for ALS to Augie's Quest, the organizers of this gathering.

  • Read  this interview with Eric Lowen, and consider how to make the best of life's changing circumstances. 

  • "Walk around feeling like a leaf," suggests the poet Naomi Shihab Nye.  "Know that you could tumble any second. Then decide what to do with your time."

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