“Satisfied Mind” by Johnny Cash
(Words/Music: Red Hayes and Jack Rhodes, Album: American VI: Ain’t No Grave, American 2010)

themesong: where is my mind

Where is my mind? It’s simple - it’s in my classroom.

I feel that Johnny Cash (through songwriters Hayes and Rhodes) has essentially captured my life in this song. While I used to be a sales manager and make a ton of money, I have never been happier than I am now as a teacher. Every day I know that I am doing something I love to do and making some sort of difference whereas before I was just making a lot of money. Granted, I need to live a different lifestyle than I did before, but I wholeheartedly embrace that as a much improved situation. And in the end, I know I’ll be able to look back and see that I lived with a purpose and not just to survive.

That’s where my mind is every day and it’s how I answer the alarm clock at 5AM every day.

How many times have
You heard someone say
If I had his money
I could do things my way

But little they know
That it’s so hard to find
One rich man in ten
With a satisfied mind

Once I was winning
In fortune and fame
Everything that I dreamed for
To get a start in life’s game

Then suddenly it happened
I lost every dime
But I’m richer by far
With a satisfied mind

Money can’t buy back
Your youth when you’re old
Or a friend when you’re lonely
Or a love that’s grown cold

The wealthiest person
Is a pauper at times
Compared to the man
With a satisfied mind

When my life has ended
And my time has run out
My friends and my loved ones
I’ll leave there’s no doubt

But one thing’s for certain
When it comes my time
I’ll leave this old world
With a satisfied mind

How many times have
You heard someone say
If I had his money
I could do things my way

But little they know
That it’s so hard to find
One rich man in ten
With a satisfied mind

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