The Music of Life

       As some of you know, life as we know it is a short process. When you are a kid it seems like forever for the next birthday to roll around and by the time you reach 30 you begin to realize that time starts speeding up. I am only 45 right now and it is becoming clearer and clearer that life is not that long of a ride. It seems that children are born one day and then you turn around, sleep a few times and eat a few meals, they are grown and having kids of their own. I am not saying this to sound all gloom and doom, I am just starting to see a bigger picture.

         Age is sort of like music...we all are involved. Some are listening to music in the background, some are in the crowd watching others play wishing that they were able to play like them....most of us are playing in a large symphony, doing our own little parts for the better good of the whole group. I have decided that at some point I want to be the lead singer of life's rock band. I want to do my own "music" and take it in my own direction. You know the type.....I make my own "music"...I am happy with my own "music"...some people like my "music" and some don't but my "band mates" do and that is what is important.

       My "music" is sometimes sad, sometimes happy but it is mine and I have the ability to change the song if I get tired of it. Most of all my "music" should make someone happy and make their life better if I am a good "musician" and at the end of the "concert", I want people to give me a standing ovation and wish there was an encore!

Peace out,

Joe

In the begining...

I have spent most of my life honing who I am and trying to perfect me. I am what some consider an artsy-craftsy, musician poet, stuck in the wrong century but not really kind of guy. I always wanted to be unique but still remain  somewhat normal, at least enough to function in the "normal" world. I have had some great success and some occasional setbacks. The longer I spend on this wonderful planet, the more I realize that very few people in this world that are exactly like me... so that must mean that I am not normal but I am right almost all of the time (don't tell my wife) and that means that I have an uncanny ability to know better than most "normal" people how things should be. I have told you all of this just to say that I am here to set society straight and to clue you in on the gift of wisdom that God has given me.Those of you who know me already know that I am the King of My World! Open your hearts and minds and maybe you can become King or Queen of yours too!!! (or at least get a good laugh)