Back in 1984, I happened to watch an awards show and Julian Lennon made an appearance. He sang his song, ‘It’s Too Late for Goodbyes’. I was shocked by how much he sounded like his dad. I thought, “Good for him. He has that beautiful voice and he’s following in his dad’s footsteps.” After that I never heard of any other songs by Julian Lennon and never heard anything else about him. All these years, I was under the impression that maybe he didn’t continue with his singing career. Back then, I used to listen to country music and tapes so I was kind of out of the loop I guess or living under a rock.
Going forward to about a month ago, I heard his song again “It’s Too Late for Goodbyes” on the radio, and I thought, “Man, he should have written and sang more songs.” I decided to look him up on the internet to find out what became of him. I was fascinated to find a ton of other songs. I really liked the songs, Saltwater, Because, Help Yourself, I Don’t Want to Know, and Valotte. I couldn’t believe that I had never heard these songs before and that I had missed out listening to them. His singing voice is so calming and beautiful.
A few nights later, I sat in bed with my laptop and decided to read more about him. I learned that he loves photography just like I do. A man after my own heart! He is a philanthropist and a writer of children’s books. Actually, I already knew he wrote books. Two years ago I was looking for children’s books for my grandson and came across and bought the book “White Feather Flier” written by him. I thought, “What a coincidence that he likes feathers since I’ve written stories on feathers”. But I didn’t know the reason behind it at that time.
I read about his early life. His dad left him at an early age and how he received nothing after his dad passed. I also learned that he didn’t want to have children due to his experience with his dad.
The more I learned about him, the sadder I felt for Julian. You just want to give the guy a hug you know. I began having some thoughts about his dad, John Lennon. How could he treat his own son like that? How could he say those things about his son? And just as I was thinking that, a full blown vision of John Lennon’s face came to my mind! He was in my head staring right at me. He kind of gave me a fright that I closed my laptop, went to bed and tried to think of something else. I couldn’t believe he was able to hear my thoughts!
I’ve always know, when a person’s body dies, their spirit leaves the body but still lives on in spirit. Surprisingly, even though he didn’t know me when he lived here on Earth, he was still able to hear my thoughts from Heaven. Well I guess he knows me now. I assumed he didn’t like me thinking of him that way. I’m not really sure. (If you go to the above tap “Contributors”, click on website goodqn and scroll down until you see the face of John Lennon. This is basically the way I saw him with the same facial expression.)
For John Lennon to come to me for thinking he didn’t love his son, Julian, proves to me that he really loved him. What other reason is there other than he didn’t want anyone thinking otherwise. But why did my opinions matter to him when other people probably thought the same?
A few weeks after that experience, I went to a furniture store and as I opened the door and walked in, the first thing I heard was the song Imagine playing from the speakers. It startled me for a few seconds.
Be careful with your thoughts when thinking of those who have passed on because they can still hear you.