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So, we had a great time playing last night and it was great seeing a lot of old familiar faces and getting to celebrate Nuckols turning the big one six. It feels like I was asleep for a few years and suddenly woke up to resume a similar version of the life I left about three years ago. Only this time I'm a little more awake, a little more aware, and a little more content. I'm glad to be back here, I'm glad to see all those people I haven't seen in years. I'm glad that, for the most part, they are healthy and happy. I take so much for granted everyday and I am just glad that there are people that might miss me a little when I'm away....at least they pretend to, and that is good enough for me. I spent so much time living in so many different environments in so many different countries, I thought that I would eventually find some sort of peace and rest, but I was mistaken. True fulfillment was never to be found in a place, no matter how beautiful or far away. The search was, and always will be, from within. All places blend into one and all people look for a similar rest. Different cultures, ideas, languages, etc. make it seem at first glance that we are so different and distant from each other. But the truth is that we are very much alike. We are all seeking similar, if not identical, outcomes. I was very much intrigued by a girl I met last night. She walked up to the stage pulled down her lower lip and asked me if I could "play this song". Tattooed on her bottom lip were the words "one love". I must say I was a bit taken back, I really didn't know how to react. I asked myself what could make a person be so dedicated to an ideology that they would not only permanently represent it on their body, but in a place that is so obscure and even somewhat random. I asked her if she really believes what she has written there, after which she emphatically answered "yes, most definitely." I would have liked to talk to her more and find out what was going on in this girl's mind, but the environment didn't permit. I probably won't ever see her again, but I am always going to wonder, and I will never forget what I saw. It may seem irrelevant and even not so shocking in this modern society where everything has been said and done and said again and done even more, but I can't help but wonder if she was really dedicated to this ideal, and if she understood what extreme measures it would take to stand behind it, measures that would make tattooing your lower lip look tame. "One Love" is a powerful concept; so easy to say, so easy to sing, maybe not as easy to tattoo; but are we really ready to live the words? Can we understand the immense sacrifice it takes to love? This is what I wanted to find out. Maybe I could have learned a little more about this elusive idea that our society seems to be so obsessed with, yet cannot seem to efficiently put into practice.
"Man gives himself to the illusion of egoism, lives for himself--and he suffers. It suffices that he begin to live for others, and the suffering becomes lighter, and there is obtained the highest good in the world: love of people." -Leo Tolstoy
6:25 PM
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