So today is the first day of the new year, and indeed, the first day of the new decade. I guess my first post of the new decade should be meaningful... insightful even. Hmmmm...
I didn't party-out like I usually do for New Years... no, no b & d pleather and steel, no dancing 'til dawn, no wild xtc induced antics, no waking up in a strange place next to a naked girl who's name I didn't know. Hell... didn't even smoke a freakin' joint!
No, I stayed in... had a quiet observance, contemplating the passing decade, and indeed, the entirety of my life so far. A strange process that... one usually reserved for the elderly, ready to pass into the oblivion of senility. But there are times when it is appropriate to assess one's life... when approaching milestones, when one is on the threshold of a new begining, or when faced with the realization that things so far didn't work out the way you think they should've. This New Year's Day sees the convergence of all three, into one grand symphonic epiphany.
Life is a strange place... it takes us through many twists and turns. It is sometimes filled with storms that we must navigate, and sometimes, blows us off course. I admit, I have felt like Odysseus sometimes, as I look back the unfolding of the last decade. A decade that saw the unraveling of all that I had worked for... all vestiges of the life I had built and all accomplishments laid waste. I have called this period of my life "my journey through the abyss."
But this journey saw the writing and completion of a book, and ideas for 2 or 3 more. It has given me a new orientation to my music, including doing it purely for the love of it and forgetting about making a living with it. It has also given me new dimensions to my photography, which this year I intend to put greater emphasis in. It has also brought me self-knowledge... which has made me stronger, more self-assured, and more determined.
I look forward to this new decade with enthusiasm, and with a strange sense of certainty. I take solace in the firm belief that the best of my days are yet ahead of me. Yes, even in a world in chaos... I am certain of this. And I hope that for all of you, the best of your days lay before you too.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!
I wish for all of you here at SG, that the coming year brings you health, freedom, love, happiness and prosperity. I hope the vision you have for your lives become realized, and that all your dreams come true.
Love & Light
AmbientLight
I didn't party-out like I usually do for New Years... no, no b & d pleather and steel, no dancing 'til dawn, no wild xtc induced antics, no waking up in a strange place next to a naked girl who's name I didn't know. Hell... didn't even smoke a freakin' joint!
No, I stayed in... had a quiet observance, contemplating the passing decade, and indeed, the entirety of my life so far. A strange process that... one usually reserved for the elderly, ready to pass into the oblivion of senility. But there are times when it is appropriate to assess one's life... when approaching milestones, when one is on the threshold of a new begining, or when faced with the realization that things so far didn't work out the way you think they should've. This New Year's Day sees the convergence of all three, into one grand symphonic epiphany.
Life is a strange place... it takes us through many twists and turns. It is sometimes filled with storms that we must navigate, and sometimes, blows us off course. I admit, I have felt like Odysseus sometimes, as I look back the unfolding of the last decade. A decade that saw the unraveling of all that I had worked for... all vestiges of the life I had built and all accomplishments laid waste. I have called this period of my life "my journey through the abyss."
But this journey saw the writing and completion of a book, and ideas for 2 or 3 more. It has given me a new orientation to my music, including doing it purely for the love of it and forgetting about making a living with it. It has also given me new dimensions to my photography, which this year I intend to put greater emphasis in. It has also brought me self-knowledge... which has made me stronger, more self-assured, and more determined.
I look forward to this new decade with enthusiasm, and with a strange sense of certainty. I take solace in the firm belief that the best of my days are yet ahead of me. Yes, even in a world in chaos... I am certain of this. And I hope that for all of you, the best of your days lay before you too.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!
I wish for all of you here at SG, that the coming year brings you health, freedom, love, happiness and prosperity. I hope the vision you have for your lives become realized, and that all your dreams come true.
Love & Light
AmbientLight
pyromethious:
well, lots of time in a sensory deprived room + weak (yet flavorful) wine + intermitant meals + small dose of excedrin = seems to be helping THIS headache...we'll see what happens tomorrow.
rydell:
Thank you same to you