What’s your WOW MOMENT. . .
Was your WOW one of you ever been having been someplace and then your sensor came out your Boundary Guard rose up and it kept you from not saying what you really felt. . . ?
W O W. . .
What’s your WOW moment?Was it at a concert?
Was it at a play?
Was it a movie?
Was it just sitting there watching a sunset or watching one of your kids or grandkids
play. . . ?When’s the last time you could contain your
W O W
and what
and when
do you think the next time will be. . . ?In the meantime, watch THIS WOW MOMENT again and then be about creating some:
W O W
MORE THAN A SINGER
A N D
A N D
A N D
A N D
A N D
A N D
A N D
Ever since his death, all of the pictures and all of the tributes have been nonstop on Facebook, and so many other forms of social media. It’s almost as if he’s bigger than life, and in many ways he is, but in many ways, we don’t realize, so are we!
What we bring to this world continues way after we are gone, even if a name is not attached to it. I am not, and most likely you aren’t either, as famous as Jimmy Buffett, or ever will be, but each and everyone of us brings a song to this life. The world may never recognize it as easily as CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE or MARGARITAVILLE, but it’s still our’s not just to sing, but to share even with a very few limited but intimate ears. Jimmy, admitted, even in his own band, he wasn’t the best singer or musician, but he knew how to share what he had and share he did, share he still does. THAT is the lesson in itself, and also to grieve that what we have had is still very much what we still have if we but notice it in the new form it has taken.
So LISTEN
HUM ALONG
SING
S H A R E
RINSE AND REPEAT OFTEN
and now if you’ll join me
how about we
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS UP
and go on a little
E X P L O R A T I O N. . .
LET’S GO
A Musical Moment
STRAIGHT NO CHASER
It’s a musical group that have been together
for well over 12 years
and I’ve had the opportunity to see them
several times. . .
I was able to see them on Sunday, December 10
with Erin and our best friends. . .
I was anticipating their
famed Christmas program
but just three songs in
they sang
C R E E P
and I was leveled;
M U S I C
is such a powerful medium
for many
and absolutely for me. . .
I don’t know
why
how
what for
that particular song
hit me the way that it did
but it seemed like everything
patient deaths
parishioners illnesses
a series of tough Community Holiday Memorial Services
funerals
my multiple friends lay-offs
parents medical situations
dispersed family members during the holidays
it’s a mathematical addition problem that
has not-so-good
e q u a t i o n s. . .
I don’t think it was the lyrics
so much as the beautiful harmonies. . .
it was one of those rare times
that the LIVE VERSION
was actually better than the recorded one. . .
the darkened venue
the overwhelming
gratefulness of my most intimate relationships
the powerful pounding of my Imposter Syndrome
the perfect imperfectedness
I KNOW OF THE CONTINENT OF ME. . .
the words:
“I’M A C R E E P
I’M A WEIRDO
WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING HERE. . .”
leveled me
built me up
. . .a true musical moment
that made me
pause
reflect
respond,
kindly
generously
lovingly
effectively. . .
Y O U. . .?
WHAT DOES THAT FOR YOU?
How often?
When was the last time?
Cue up your Moment
let it level you
build you up
and then share it. . .