A New Fire

I've got a new fire under me in the last month. You know, it makes you wonder with the rising price of everything, increasing threats to security, and all the other things going on, how long can we last? The religious right oversteps it's bounds into U.S. or world politics, instead of teaching people about God's love. The left continues to strip the world of its morals and give power to those that would gladly take it to harm us. We've got more enemies than we can count. Our allies don't always get along so well either. There are natural disasters, famine and pestilence all over the globe. There are about 50 wars going on, and rumors that more will start. Companies cut workers to save a buck without so much as batting an eye. Everything seems to be spiraling out of control...

Sit down, close your eyes- and- take- a- deep- breath. There. I felt like that too. I did just as I prescribed. I know what I have to do. I write songs and play music. I have something to tell everybody. I need to go out and do it. No more goofing off, sitting in Minneapolis, playing a limited number of shows to the same people in the same bars. No! To quote Switchfoot, "We were meant to live for so much more". I believe it. It won't happen if I'm not out there doing it. I can't kind of do it. I can't think about doing it. I just have to count all I have here as worthless in comparison to completing the course I was meant to run. that's where I will find my fulfillment and help bring about peace and joy to a world with very little of it. We tend to overthink everything. It causes inaction. Inaction causes stagnation, and it allows for harmful things to gain momentum. I am putting my foot down, and am going to try and reverse just a little bit of the damage I've allowed to occur, by getting side-tracked. I urge you to do the same.