It’s been over a year since my last post. I have no great excuse. All I can say is life happens. I believe, though, that no matter how many times we stray from our paths, we always find our way back to what’s really important.
So, what’s important? For me, it’s important to keep dreaming. That’s why I’m back here – that’s what this blog is about. Sometimes, I feel I don’t have the right to dream – that I should just shut the hell up, get a job, grow old and die, like so many others do. But I can’t let that be my life.
I’m still in paradise. I know I wrote about shopping for a different country or looking for a new state to move to before. I still think about those things from time to time, but mostly I’m trying to be more present and just enjoy where I am. I’m in Hawaii, after all. It’s not a horrible place to be!
In the last year, I didn’t move – not even to another apartment. I have the same place with my same girlfriend, our same furniture, and our same dog. It’s good. It’s a lot more than many people have. We’re fortunate, and I’m trying to remember that. I got a job, I quit it, and I got another job. I started playing music more and going to open mics. Then I didn’t. Then I did again. On New Year’s, Susan and I decided we wanted to have more fun this year. I think that’s a good goal. And we have had some fun amidst the uncertainties and imperfections of life. I have another new goal: to become completely comfortable with the uncertainties and imperfections of life. I think this would give me more peace.
Anyway, it’s good to be back on my blog of lofty dreams. Peace is still at the top of the list of my lofty dreams – peace in the world and peace in my mind.
