The problem, I am starting to realize, is that I am focusing too much on answers. I wrack my brain trying to come up with answers, and most of the times I can conjure some of them. But I’ve lived 4+ decades and there are some places where I remain …
Have you seen the film “Shawshank Redemption”? Here’s a little spolier for you. Our wrongly convicted protagonist attempts to escape the prison. By crawling through a sewer pipe that is barely big enough for him. For 500 yards (457 meters). If you were told that the path upward is a …
You can’t leave behind what you hate. OK so that’s not a literal statement. You can leave behind any specific thing or person that you hate. But the experience of hating that thing or person? It will continue in one shape or form, even as you try to leave behind …
Songwriting is a funny thing. You’d think that you sit down and write music that reflects how the writer is feeling at the moment. And that is what happens some of the times. But other times depending on where the fingers fall on the fretboard, music pops out totally different …
Imagine this. You’ve struggled long and hard in a lonely room that’s dimly lit. Then you happen upon a secret door, and you take a peak. The other room looks so bright that you can hardly make out what’s in it. But you know that life is better there. …