Friday, November 20, 2009
The lights, the people, the bass pounding through my soul... I just love a good bit of live music.
Wednesday night I had the opportunity to feel completely uncomfortable amidst the atmosphere of a live show from my little spot standing at the side of the stage. I say "opportunity to feel completely uncomfortable" because it was. It was a much needed and irritating opportunity to propel me back into a bit of soul-searching and song-writing.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
The dashboard melted, but we still have the radio
There's something I absolutely love about emotionally and mentally mature people - they seem to have more patience than the rest of us. Thinking back to how I was 10 years ago compared to how I am now - I'm definitely more chilled out now, but wow-am-I-ever looking forward to 10 years from now when I'll be even more chilled out. Lemme splain.
I suppose it's going through situations in life - the situations that pull at our souls and beg for a reaction... the tough stuff... going through all of that we either learn to let it get the best of us, or we learn to let it bring out the best in us. Usually the case is that we will survive the situation in the end, but yet we fret and complain our way through much of the tough-stuff-situations we have to go through as though we had no clue about all the other times we actually made it out alive. Here's where maturity steps in. An emotionally or mentally mature person knows that most situations in life aren't threats - they're opportunities or obstacles (or both) and it's just a matter of time before the fierce ocean becomes a calm sea. This too will pass.
I've definitely changed in the past 10 years and I'll continue to change in the 10+ years to come. Not as much rattles me like it did when I was on the brink of turning 20. I suppose I learned that there are good days and there are learning days... I'll live through both of them. There's ebb and flow, up and down, loud and soft. To be perfectly honest, one could not fully appreciate either side without the other and I suppose I wouldn't be able to appreciate the really great days in life if I didn't also have the days that I struggled to make it through. All that struggling though did add up to increased strength over the years. It's nice to know it's all for something.
Oh patience. Oh maturity. There is a deep well to discover here.
... and besides.... there's always something to be grateful for, something of a good report, or something worthwhile to pay attention to when life throws a curveball. Who cares if the dashboard melted? We didn't really need it anyway. We still have the radio and that's what matters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erc40wCxRZo
I suppose it's going through situations in life - the situations that pull at our souls and beg for a reaction... the tough stuff... going through all of that we either learn to let it get the best of us, or we learn to let it bring out the best in us. Usually the case is that we will survive the situation in the end, but yet we fret and complain our way through much of the tough-stuff-situations we have to go through as though we had no clue about all the other times we actually made it out alive. Here's where maturity steps in. An emotionally or mentally mature person knows that most situations in life aren't threats - they're opportunities or obstacles (or both) and it's just a matter of time before the fierce ocean becomes a calm sea. This too will pass.
I've definitely changed in the past 10 years and I'll continue to change in the 10+ years to come. Not as much rattles me like it did when I was on the brink of turning 20. I suppose I learned that there are good days and there are learning days... I'll live through both of them. There's ebb and flow, up and down, loud and soft. To be perfectly honest, one could not fully appreciate either side without the other and I suppose I wouldn't be able to appreciate the really great days in life if I didn't also have the days that I struggled to make it through. All that struggling though did add up to increased strength over the years. It's nice to know it's all for something.
Oh patience. Oh maturity. There is a deep well to discover here.
... and besides.... there's always something to be grateful for, something of a good report, or something worthwhile to pay attention to when life throws a curveball. Who cares if the dashboard melted? We didn't really need it anyway. We still have the radio and that's what matters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erc40wCxRZo
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