RE: Blame the Cat! Weekend Freewrite- 6/15/2019 - Part 1 + 2 + 3
Well, he just started this job a little over three months ago, so this is new to me too. Then again, between him and my parents, I have met more than my fair share of famous musicians.
The only tour I've been on so far was tagging along for three days in Florida on Mercy Me's tour last month, though that was preceded by a concert in Atlanta on my way there, featuring one of our absolute favorite groups, Riverside.
Unfortunately he couldn't join me, as Mercy Me played in Jacksonville that night, but I have no doubt we'll see them again. No way in hell was I missing it . . . I've been trying to see Riverside live since I was introduced to their music in 2008.
I've posted about them before, but they're based in Warsaw, Poland, which is Marek's home town, though lead man Mariusz Duda sings in English.
He writes some of the most gorgeous lyrics in music today, especially as he is writing in his second language, along with playing stellar bass and guitar, and he has a side project called Lunatic Soul that I'm even more in love with. All the band members, in both projects, are amazing.
I love The Stoned Turtles as a band name! Too funny. ;-)
And I visited childhood friends a few years back in California, which was wonderful and hilarious, and hope to do so again in the not-too-distant future.
I was actually messaging with a junior and senior high school friend last night, who I haven't seen since I left California in the early 80s, after we attended one another's first weddings.
We both had crap weeks, so some day hopefully soon, we'll celebrate by sharing a nice bottle of wine. And my childhood best friend is also one of her best friends, which is how we met, so I know we'll have a blast once we all get together.
I'm 100% with you on the wonderfulness that Mac laptops do NOT possess. Pains in the ass. I can't wait to get another PC. Wish me luck!
These replies to replies get buried so deep, I almost missed this. Your musical connections are as amazing as your other accomplishments. An art gallery, and all the connections that led to. All the Holocaust survivors you interacted with daily, as neighbors (or something like that)--all the historical and epic people in your world. I love that observation you made recently: I see kindness and compassion wherever I go. The world needs more kind souls like you.
All it takes is opening our eyes.
So many people go through life asleep, and that's how they manage to miss all the beauty and mystery that this world has to offer.
Turn off the TV, go outside, and just walk around. Prepare to be amazed.
I know I'm preaching to the choir, and yes, art, science, writing and music teach us to be excellent observers.
But anyone can learn, if only they will. All it takes is a decision to awaken and see the illusion for what it is.
It all goes back to the Golden Rule: treat others as you want to be treated, and it comes back to you multiplied.
And the same thing goes if you treat them with enmity. Karma's a bitch.
Stop watching the "news," stop giving into to lower instincts, and go back to the rule that our mothers and grandmothers taught: if you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all.
Be in the world; not of it.
God knows I'm imperfect in all of this, but at least I catch myself, and make the effort to improve, especially in how I treat others.
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Did you ever read Anthony DeMello's little book "Awareness"-? If not, you don't need to; you've already internalized his wisdom! Sad to say, I read it 10 or 20 years ago, but have yet to achieve "detachment" - I can't seem to distinguish it from apathy. :) But I love his attitude about being human and prone to mistakes. One thing I have internalized: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. I tend to forgive to the point of being a floor mat. And I tend to feel I'm at fault whenever someone directs their anger at me. (Thank God I married a good man, or I'd be the battered wife who says "He wouldn't hit me if I didn't annoy him and anger him.")
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