Shalom

Do you ever just marvel at how wonderful your life really is? How perfect things really are? We don't take enough time to reflect on what we have to celebrate do we? Part of the problem is that our lives move way too fast. The classic 'too much to do in too little time' mantra that our planet revolves on. Gravity - it seems we've forgotten your pull and flown off to this place called busyness or successfulness or simply stuck in a daze of numbness.

Imagine what it would be like to slow down and to actually stop to contemplate it all? For most of us that is a scary proposition. What might we discover? It means we actually would spend the time to look into the mirror of our souls - what image would reflect back? Sure we glance to see if our hair is in place and that our buttons are done up properly but rarely do we examine our hearts or our lives for truth, purpose, or meaning. Unfortunately, we often only realize what really is important when we experience some sort of tragedy or loss.

Thankfully, I'm experiencing the opposite. New life, new adventure and new possibilities. There is nothing quite like the smell of such things - intoxicating, invigorating, it is all indescribable really. This musing in many ways is a futile attempt.

Music has always connected with me on a spiritual level. It seems most of my conversations with God are woven in some sort of a soundtrack. The 80's proclaimed "the futures so bright I gotta wear shades!" The 90's woke up with grunge-full remorse yelling "the world is a vampire - sent to drain" and wallowing in the reality of "despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage." Now here we are in the 00's confused and not sure what lyric to sing? We seem stuck in the 60's, 70's, 80's & 90's all at once - schizophrenically in sync with this place called vertigo - "it's everything I wish I didn't know!"

But right here, right now, in this place that I am - all is right, all is as it should be, all is what I dreamt of and much, much more. It is a delight to be surprised by a reality that oddly doesn't seem quite real. A "through-the-looking-glass and down-the-rabbit-hole" kind of twilight zone. When a kiss is more than a kiss, an embrace warmer than it should be, when eyes explode with lights & colour, when the pulse quickens into drums more passionate than war, when lungs experience pure oxygen after a rush up from a deep dive near the ocean's bottom, when you run out of words to describe whatever it was you were hoping for...

Imagine such a Shalom!