seek up
ok... back to the profile song blogging bit again... obviously music is something that encompasses me... something i love that i can write about... something that inspires me... i try for the most part to work and live… don't necessarily work to live and definitely don't live to work...
seek up... living without
life happens… living without doesn't so much in this country at times…
… ever try living without all of the modern conveniences we have grown so accustomed to in our everyday lives? try going without internet connection for a weekend. try going without cable for a month… try going without tv for a week… it is not very easy… and the internet thing… not having it at my fingertips on the weekend makes me want to just about pull all of my hair out!!! it's just terrible… but… there are far worst things that could be lacking in this life!!!
since living out in no mans land i've pondered these thoughts and then some… living without all my things… having only "the essentials" with me… I no longer have access to the things I cherished and possessed… or, should I say... possessed me?
… without going into massive regurgitation mode… simply put… I've gone through many changes over the past year and have learned to go without "all my stuff"… I've learned to live without a lot of things I'd taken for granted of for many years… but, what it comes down to... what I've learned... is that I really don't need all of those "things" in life to be happy… when it comes RIGHT down to it – I don't need anything actually – BUT the love of family, great friends and my sweet pets…
I realize how materialistic I have been weaned to believe I needED to be through the years growing up a product of the crazy eighties… a time when we were REMINDED constantly of the things we needed thanks to the surge of massive advertising and marketing… we had tv, radio and other media to remind us always of the things we needed in order to be cool… better…thinner…tanner… richer… I remember reading slogans from my teenager times… how selfish are these… yeah, let's put them on word tees!
"you can never be too tan, rich, or thin."
another… "whoever dies with the most things, wins."
… I say to that… WHAT?
How do you win if you die with things and not love? If you are too tan, rich or thin… you're on the path to death anyway…
Really, think about it… how selfish and ridiculous…
in college I was trained to seek the mighty dollar… what about peace, accomplishments, good for others? The carrot dangling in front of all of us was money… you will get a job and make money… It was all about the money… aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
... now years later… I've had "the" job… made the money… lived in the McMansion in the crowded subdivision among the other McMansions… WHO REALLY CARED!!! It didn't make me happier, feel more successful, or bring me peace… sure it looked good… but who cares???
Thank God, I was able to move from the McMansion to a beach cottage… AND now… I am pretty much homeless! It is crazy… but each time I eliminate more "things" from my life, the happier and more at peace I am… and, really when it all comes down to it... we can't take any of it with us... ashes to ashes... dust to dust... it is vital to know our true importance in this life... so... isn't love, above all else, all that is important...
... a career choice… I really believe that if you seek something to do in life that can help and work for the good of others and yourself; something that you enjoy doing; something that helps you believe in yourself... and if you seek reward in self accomplishments and solitude… wealth will follow... both monetarily and non-monetarily!
my 2 cents for the day... : )
love wins! it really does! love always wins!
~ jill
the acoustic version of this song is absolutely beautiful ~
seek up; dave matthews and tim reynolds
sometimes I feel like I'm falling
fall back again, fall back again,
fall back again, fall back again
oh, life it seems a struggle between what we see and what we do
well I'm not going to change my ways just to please you or appease you
Inside a crowd, five billion proud, willing to punch it out
right, wrong, weak, strong, ashes to ashes all fall down
oh, look around about this round about, this merry-go-round and around
well If at all God's gaze upon us falls, it's with a mischievous grin, look at Him
forget about the reasons and the treasons we are seeking
forget about the notion that our emotions can be swept away
forget about being guilty we are innocent instead
for soon we will all find our lives swept away
late at night with TV's hungry child, his belly swells
oh, for the price of a coke or a smoke, i could keep alive those hungry eyes
take a look at me, what you see in me, mirror look at me, face it all again
forget about the reasons and the treasons we are seeking
forget about the notion that our emotions can be kept at bay
forget about being guilty we are innocent instead
for soon we will all find our lives swept away
you seek up an emotion and your cup is overflowing
you seek up on emotion, sometimes your well is dry
you seek up a big monster for him to fight your wars for you
but when he finds his way to you, the devil's not going, "ha ha, ha ha"
(say, oh say)
oh look at me in my fancy car and my bank account
oh, how I wish I could take it all down into my grave, God knows I'd save and save
man, take a look again, take a look again, things you have collected
well in the end piles up so tall, to one big nothing, one big nothing at all
forget about the reasons and the treasons we are seeking
forget about the notion that our emotions can be swept away
intentions are not wicked, don't be tricked into thinking so
and soon we will all find our lives swept away
you seek up an emotion and your cup is overflowing
you seek up an emotion, sometimes your well is dry
you seek up a big monster for him to fight your wars for you
but when he finds his way to you, the devil's not going, "ha ha, ha ha"
fall back again,
fall back again
fall back again,
fall back again...
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