Last night I out in the middle of no where, 333ft underground at the Cumberland Caverns in McMinnville, Tennessee. A couple hundred people gathered in the caves to see some amazing performances for the Bluegrass Underground featuring The Civil Wars.
Some of the highlights of my night were… arriving at the caverns and getting “the crappy seats” for showing up late, only to realize we were sitting right behind Joy Williams & Paul White of The Civil Wars — being able to have a chat, without fans swarming them for a picture. Joy complimenting my leather jacket and her having on a similar one.
Walking outside of the cave for some fresh air, while and Mike a member of the production, offering us a ride in his cart… saying “Paul White just sat in this seat, he signed it. See?” Drove us to our car, so I could fill up my flask and Mike drove us back to the cave again.
Sitting on the cave wall looking at the crowd below… the sound of The Civil Wars & their flawless vocals filled the cavern.
A night I won’t soon forget.
Leap with Faith.
I’ve been thinking about the saying “Leap of Faith” so I decided to look it up. I find that my life is a combination of leaps with Faith. These quotes below are some of the things that I found moving.
“Making this leap of faith is the way out of despair and it gives you a sense of the permanent significance of your life.”
Therefore, it is a leap into a paradox: I know by not knowing; I believe because I cannot know - but due to this unknowing, I have established a direct and unspeakable relationship with that which is beyond thinking, but which leads me in the relationship.
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. I’m not sure who the first person was who said that. Probably Shakespeare. Or maybe Sting. But at the moment, it’s the sentence that best explains my tragic flaw: my inability to change. I don’t think I’m alone in this. The more I get to know other people, the more I realize it’s kind of everyone’s flaw. Staying exactly the same as long as possible, standing perfectly still… It feels better somehow. And if you are suffering, at least the pain is familiar. Because if you took the leap of faith, went outside the box, did something unexpected… Who knows what other pain might be waiting out there. Chances are it could be even worse. So you maintain the status quo. Choose the road already traveled and it doesn’t seem that bad. Not as far as flaws go. You’re not killing anyone… Except maybe yourself a little. When we finally do change, I don’t think it happens like an earthquake or an explosion, where all of a sudden we’re like this different person. I think it’s smaller than that. The kind of thing most people wouldn’t even notice unless they looked at us really, really close. Which, thank God, they never do. But you notice it. Inside you that change feels like a world of difference. And you hope this is it. This is the person you get to be forever… that you’ll never have to change again. - Everwood
About me
I've been, and still am, considered a “dreamer” . Searching for what I truly want to do. An artist, creative mind, entrepreneur."Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty" - John Lennon
