I have had numerous exchanges recently concerning the nature and potential of happiness, or rather a happy life. It seems that so many do not consider that happiness may exist in the same moment as hurt, pain, regret, or many other numerous emotions that test and refine (define?) the human condition.
In the light of this past weekend's events, it feels even more possible to me that our lives are a delicious mixing of the two -- happiness and hurt. There are good hurts after all, and happy lies and many other such sayings -- perhaps there is much wisdom in even the simplest idiomatic expression and paradigm.
When life can end so quickly, it seems each wasted moment is priceless. If only our awareness was as keen as our sense of loss in hindsight. So with that being said, I am voicing the following items on my bucket list for the universe's eyes and ears -- truly now what we voice is both heard AND seen given the multi-faceted nature of the interweb.
Ahem...
1. Richard Armitage, I would like to go riding with you in Hyde Park and then have supper and wine...in New Zealand.
2. I want to walk the Great Wall of China with TN Hahn and discuss parallels in Christianity in the West and Eastern Buddhism.
3. Mierle Ukeles, I want to shake YOUR hand.
4. I wish to visit Nigeria and study African Drumming there first hand.
5. Achieve Master Gardener status somewhere.
6. One day, I want to learn to gallop on a horse -- and enjoy it!
7. Travel with my concerts to small intimate spaces and spread cultural commerce.
8. Get a tan and fit into my Brasilian Bikini.
9. Enroll in an Aerial class and work up to the Egyptian Mummy and perfect my splits.
10. See Alaska, India, and Easter Europe -- and sing in creative spaces in each.
and 11. Write American Soundscapes for the next 10 years!
Cheers!
MB Disco
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