“There’s a fire that you need to start from your love and pain”. Amen Brother!
Fall is approaching. I can feel it. The days are getting a little shorter, the night air is crisp and cool, it’s September. How did that happen? I’m still in the lull of lazy days, tea, wine, copious amount of fresh fruit, songwriting, recording, filming, teaching, being creative, gigging and doing some serious relaxing, that it’s hard to transition into “what’s next”. I love September, don’t get me wrong. It’s always felt like the “New Year” to me. It’s a time where I set some more goals and intentions, make plans, organize my teaching schedule, do some serious cleaning and purging etc….. Yet, somehow this year, I want to linger a little longer. I need more time to stretch out, daydream, be creative without the pressure of a having an end “product”, I want to read my stack of books that went untouched all summer….. the list goes on and on. So, I’ve been thinking “How can I take this glorious feeling of summer and make it last the whole year long?” and “How can I create a more balanced life that welcomes both work and play?”. I think it means saying “No” a lot more and listening to my heart, putting my needs first…. This sounds so cliche to me and perhaps a bit sugary, but every year I get older the more it rings true.
It’s just time to do things differently.
This track has been on constant rotation at Chez Pemby. There is so much to like: simmering groove, gorgeous voices, beautiful message, awesome people doing what they love with those they love…the list goes on and on….
So as things gear up and rise to a fevered pitch, and the year gets busy and full I hope you can conjer the joy of summer, breathe and “remember what it’s like to lay back”.
♥