gettin' this thing together..

so how do we find the Way? exploration is a time honored discipline, but how often are we complacent about knowing our surroundings? we go through our daily routine satisfied that the information we receive is sufficient and the path we walk is clear, yet we have that feeling there is something more......

i set a goal four years ago to kayak on all the "big water". not because it was such a grandiose design, but because it had limits and finite expectations........ a comforting feeling for a "fifty something" dreamer. it allowed for exploration, yet didn't encompass risks that were beyond repair.

while paddling toward an island on georgian bay, in canada, i realized that as soon as you reach your destination, "there you are"...... so continuing to set goals farther ahead had some meaning..... last year i finished paddling on the atlantic, pacific, gulf, 5 great lakes, and alaska...... and had accumulated total mileage, over four years, equal to the distance coast to coast. yet, it was only a fraction of the distance i achieved in appreciating life and the journey we have to accomplish by being who we are..... yes, life can be hard but it is an opportunity to learn lessons........ and find resolution to the problems we carry with us.

i flash back often to music i've heard in my lifetime and forget what lyrics used to be, compared with today's style.......... it was protest, it was revolution, it was change....... and it was just joy for life in all it's complexities, but good and bad..... one artist never sold out on his desire to express whatever he felt at any moment, and still is looked at as "wierd", but often had lyrics that caught you thinking......... here's one for the books:

You may not ever get this chance again

That empty feelings just about to end.

Talkin' bout life and what it means to you,

It don't mean nothin' if it don't run through

I got one thing to say, you know it's true

You got to find some time to get this thing together.

--todd rundgren

remember to find some time to get this thing together.......