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--- Don't worry! Be happy!
If you can change something and make it better, then why worry about it?
If something is beyond your control and you can't change it, then why worry
about it? Maybe that is oversimplification. I'd
probably worry (or at least my heart rate would increase) if somebody pushed
me out of an airplane without a parachute even if my faith and enlightenment
were unshakeable. It's part of being human. I figure
that we might as well enjoy the ride while we're here and not try to be
something we're not. Right now, I am happy to be here and enjoying
it all. Music is good. Love is good. Life is good.
I haven't been writing here as much lately because I've been soaking it
all in. The past year has been absolutely great for me. Not
easy, not always enjoyable...but GREAT. It's pretty cool
when you can experience a lot of loss, some pain, some sickness, etc...and
emerge in better shape than before it all happened. There will always
be challenges and we all handle them differently.....some more gracefully
than others. I'd rather be and do than talk at
this point. I like that. I'm not giving this site up though,
nor am I forsaking the expression of my thoughts. If any of
my experiences or ideas can bring positive energy to you, then that is
a fulfillment of my intentions. Being of help, while remaining
open to learning new things are all I wish to do through this site.
Thank you visiting.
--- Play your song. Play the way YOU want
to play and don't worry about what others are going to think about
it. Don't try to be everything to everybody. Take care of yourself
first and then you'll have more to bring to the table for everyone else.
It's like the situation of being on an airplane when the oxygen masks drop.
Put YOUR mask on first before you help somebody else. If you can't
breathe, you won't be able to aid others. That is not being selfish.
How many times have we acted or reacted because of what we felt others
might think of us? The way I see it, there are two underlying
forces behind thought and action: Love and fear.
While we might have different ideas of how those things are defined in
particular circumstances, and while there could even be appropriate times
to use fear as a motivating tool, even the latter must be used with the
end result of love as the goal if success is desired. My faith is
ultimately in love and not fear. It may take awhile for that to be
fully realized in every breath and moment of my days. I don't always
achieve that ideal. However, I believe very much in trying to do
that. Finding grace and truth through music is important to me.
I have done it, and will do it again. Thank you for being in your
place along the path.
--- Don't forget to e-mail
me if you have any suggestions for topics or general Web site comments.
Thanks for dropping in!
Jason
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