I am a forward-thinking person, I keep my eye on the future and try never to dwell or revisit what is past. Simply put, reverse is not an option for me, yet given the news delivered each morning now a days, I want to backpedal as fast as I can.
Ever since the world slowed down, I have spent more learning; learning to find calm within myself, learning how to be more thoughtful and giving of my time, and realizing the need to be more empathetic to all instead of a selected few. I have always loved and treasured my solitude, I am drawn that way. Out of necessity, however, I am learning to trend outward rather than inward – for the betterment of my neighbor – for the betterment of humanity.
There is sweetness in finding and visiting with these attributes. I have spent many hours of each day in playing music, both in writing new songs, and in listening to inspiring songs during my quiet time. I have come to realize how much better the world is when music plays.
I am now longing for a future time when this plague is far behind us; a time when our energy will shift back into ‘doing’ rather than ‘asking’. I want to go back to my mindset of surging into what is in front of me, not what is behind. I long for the time when I never have to see that weird ‘pincushion’ looking pathogen every time I turn on the TV screen. I guess I am just a dreamer, but as Sister Golden Hair says, ‘desperate times call for desperate measures.
Wise words if I ever heard ’em.
“The power of music is undeniable. I think it can change the world.”
~ Graham Nash
2 thoughts on “Best Foot Forward”
My sister teases me because when we ride together we play the sixties and every fourth song or so I say, “oh I love that song!”. We laugh and go on visiting until it happens again! Today she was the one that said it! Music makes me happy and brings back a time that in my little world that was fun and exciting. I wish life was a little more simple now where love was more important than the opposite!
Patricia – Thank you for your response and sharing a sweet memory with your sister. I believe that music is the song of the soul. If only we could rely on that song to propel us forward, perhaps we could become a happier society!