Chapters of Life

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The clouds have me reflecting this morning.

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We talking clouds of smoke?

I feel like I am on my seventh or eighth chapter of life. What a strange unexpected arc it has been. I feel like although I’m essentially the same person, I’ve reinvented myself over and over again. Different states, countries, professions, relationships beginning and ending , births, deaths, different families everything.

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I’ve reinvented myself over and over again. Different states, countries, professions, relationships beginning and ending , births, deaths, different families everything.

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Same here. It's a constant evolution, you just have to be able to adapt.

I used to also enjoy waking and baking.

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My view now is that life is an individual journey. Your journey belongs solely to you. You are not your family, your job, your income, your political beliefs,your marriage etc. You are solo even when surrounded by all that. I was fiddy before I got that.

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Bingo. Neil Pearl said it best.

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What you own is your own kingdom
What you do is your own glory
What you love is your own power
What you live is your own story

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Most of us bury our identity in a collective shroud of family, career, politics. Until you reject that and find who you are, you'll be the faceless man, the follower.

I sure did. It’s an illusion. If you are attached to that illusion ( happy family, material possessions, healthy parents, thriving career ) at some point you will become unattached and all you have is self. It doesn’t matter if you die with twenty people at your bedside, you die alone. It’s all stripped away at the end so write yourself a meaningful story.

"Every day, we go out there alone. And tomorrow, we're going out there again".

William Hurt, The Big Chill

I was never very materialistic. I was always overly attached to the people in my life, too reliant on them for how I felt about my own life . For me it was the naive childhood belief that “ many could become one” or that our relationships somehow made us intertwined on the same journey . In fact, even our children, spouses and parents are on COMPLETELY separate journeys.

Except for Steve Perry. He was on a Journey journey with Neal Schon. Intertwined. But I digress and cede the far superior Neil Peart reference.

Funny that both of us kind of dropped out of the rat race early and sought refuge in the mountains. The natural world and music have always been The Truth that brings life back in to focus , despite the accoutrements , responsibilities and clutter of life.

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