Hello my fellow global friends!! It's been a while, but I have a special treat for you all. It's exam break for me here in Canada as a high school student, so I've been at exam prep sessions, and studying for a good portion of the days. Being the musician I am, that means even more rehearsals conductors and directors can call! Well, speaking of special treats, I got my friend Sailingpoet to write a short blog entry for you all. Hope you enjoy it! He's a great friend of mine, and we attend the same school and play in quite a few bands together. He'll probably end up as some big name musician in the future, so keep your eyes and ears peeled! Enough of this rambling: here's from Sailingpoet.
Hey all! Well firstly it's such a
pleasure to have JoLee ask me to write something up for this blog! Anyhow, I'm
Sailingpoet, I write “Written Under Dire Circumstances” which is kinda my new
original poetry vent out to the world on blogspot. If you threw together a
concoction of poet, sailor (if you couldn't tell), musician, nerd, hopeless
dreamer and a fair pinch of bizarre, it'd come up close to me. Kinda. Sorta.
Not really. -.-
Kay enough background info..
Lately in my hot water induced philosophical moments (showers) I've been really
thinking about a lot of the things that bother my mind. Anyhoo, I'd like to
share this small moment of reflection with you: We live in a world essentially
governed by time. Most often, we don't have nearly enough to do everything we
really want to do. In a regular week, I'm home for less time than I'm away half
the time. Does it strain with hobbies, friendships, relationships, sleep, work,
etc? Of course. A lot of my friends are just as busy if not busier. Usually
it's fine since we're busy together and could really care less about anything
else that's going on. When we're not, it gets a little messier and
significantly harder to accomplish anything, It's almost a miracle that it
isn't completely falling apart into utter disaster, but I think I've deciphered
some of the values that bind us together!
Personally, I think the most
important aspect is patience. It may seem so obvious but it's displayed in such
a subtle way that it actually required some profound self exploration to
realize it for myself. Everyone important in my life has never given up on me
on the basis on not having enough time. Those that are fortunate enough to not
be bogged down by school, rehearsals, work as well as those that live out of
town (and even out of province) deserve a special shoutout for still sticking
around. This goes the other way round too. Some people are fantastic yet their
most interesting lives don't really leave much room for anything else (that's
an impressive feat being busier than I am). Well, in no way is it a one sided
unrequited attempt in conversation so it's in these cases, that I feel that
I've got something amazing here, and a little time or lack of is nothing
compared to how important it is. IMO, the stupidest excuse of all time has to
be lacking that patience to just wait it out and just be there because that in
itself is dedication. I guess the main point here is, time or lack of time
shouldn't matter. The smallest moments add up in the long run and they should
be capitalized upon. Abuse those tiny moments in time and squeeze every ounce
of it cause bigger moments are harder to come by!
That ended up a little longer
than I expected.... Again, tons of thanks to JoLee!!! :D This wouldn't of been
possible without. I hope you enjoyed my insights as much as you enjoy reading
this blog whether you're a returning reader or a brand new one. Maybe you'll
see more of me again in the near future(?) whether that's cause for celebration
or not.... Thanks a lot for having me (and surviving through this), world!
This is my jam. Livin' by the
wise words of Earth, Wind & Fire :3
Till later!
Sailingpoet
