Letting it all Go...

“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.” ~Jack Kerouac

In my confusion and at night I find that things tend to become more clear for short periods of time.  It's amazing to me how days quickly come and go in this life.  How you can quickly break down the good days by the hours, and the tough ones get buried somewhere between this prolonged state of disarray.  It is wonderful when a series of small moments, no matter how trivial they seem can bond people together in the depths of their souls for a lifetime.  It is all about understanding the people that you meet on any given day and those moments that you can take for granted without even trying.  Those that are there in one breath and with the next they are gone.  You seem to remain tied to them but unsure the reasons why, until the next time they appear. They really never left, did they?

The only constant is that which leaves imprints on your existence and changes you forever for good or ill.  The smallest laugh shared amongst friends can echo in the confines of your mind and bring you peace when those you love are far away.  There is no mistaking the light that comes across your face when something happens that brings forward these recollections.  You might have even smiled as you read that and thought "I was there with you."  We are all one in a moment with a tear, a laugh, or a song.  The music is a catalyst of much of the journey, and it makes things clearer as I sit at a campfire appreciating in depth conversation with all of you.

If I have learned anything this year at all, it is about letting go.  The capacity to accept is often tainted by preconceived notions of who a person is, what they wear, what they do, and the like.  Please drop these things at the entrance.  They are not welcome here.  There is something that can define friends at the peak of a jam where everyone dances their own way and often out of time.  We unite in the lyrics of the chorus where we are all singing the same song together.  This life is about letting the moment be completely what it is: beautiful and not searching.  Loving each other for your diversity, opinions, experiences as much as your strength beauty, and tolerance.  The reason they can still sell you peace and love is that it isn't a dream someone had in 1969 it exists now, and it is within you.  To find it you need to let it all go.  Here is where common ground isn't a punchline.  It is who we all are, if we open our minds to it.

Hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year.  See you all around the campfire.