This Moment

I’m listening to Pink Moon by Nick Drake right now. I don’t know why it is, but I love this song. It kind of centers me. I’m not even sure what it means really, but the images that it gives me are serene and confident. It’s like I have the whole world in front of me, and a lifetime of experience behind me. I guess that’s true regardless, but it just sounds better saying that while I’m listening to the song. I’m in the midst of the struggle. You know, those daily things that could get you down if you let them? I’m in the middle of it. That’s ok though. That’s life isn’t it? You get through and sometimes you laugh, and sometimes you weep. Your mood determines your spirit sometimes. Sometimes it doesn’t.

Of course then you have those moments of complete happiness and laughter. The moments when the music seems so inspiring that just by listening to it, you could do anything. “Each passing moment is another chance to turn it all around.” That was a quote by one of the characters in the Tom Cruise movie Vanilla Sky. It is an enormous truth wrapped up in a short 11 words. So…I’ll take this moment. I’ll enjoy it. I’ll just think about the Pink Moon…whatever that is.