Music is like oxygen

I've been feeling unsettled the past few weeks. I'm feeling as though my mind is in a million different places and each place can't get it together to return back home. Maybe it's because I've been so busy with home and work. I really haven't had time to concentrate on me. When you have a 17 month old son, a home to maintain and a mate to love, you tend to push "you" aside. Perhaps I'm feeling the effects of that now. It's tiring emotionally so what does one do to temporarily fix this? Music. I spent the afternoon of my day off work listening to music. I haven't done that in ages. I guess going to see Paul Weller in Toronto the Thursday night turned the light bulb on for me. Here I was standing in the 3rd row quietly admiring this gorgeous man who was filled with incredible energy just giving so much to the audience. I was surrounded by a sea of sweaty rockers and Mods and wonderful, delicious energy. Beautiful, just what I needed. I sweated, danced, sang amongst the others and drank in all that wonderful music. I don't think I felt this good in a while. I didn't have a single drink, not that I normally do. I think with gigs that are in these huge dance clubs people just assume you drink when you're there. I wasn't interested, all I wanted was the music and to be taken elsewhere.

Thank you Paul Weller.