PoM 33
Sometimes you have to lose something you think is really important…to get peace of mind.
PS: Alona really likes this one.
PoM 34
“Four stockbrokers took villa residences in Italy... and 400 nobodies were ruined.”
Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens
What does that mean…to be a nobody?
I guess in my life I have met a few people that are considered “somebodies”:
I met these four guys once, at different times, in my life: Muhammad Ali, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Johnny Cash and Lance Armstrong. Muhammad Ali was the most recognized person in the world at the time.
Cy Young Pitcher Barry Zito, Cyber Inventor Charles Brewer, and Congressman Hank Johnson were students of mine…This helped business immensely.
I worked with John Cage.
I know the lead singer for Metallica James Hetfield very well.
And I had a sponcee who was worth 300 million dollars.
As I look at this list, James Hetfield and my sponcee are worth exactly the same amount, but I see James more as a “somebody”…so fame is probably more of a standard of measurement to be a “somebody”.
So what if you are not famous or not rich? Or not beautiful, sexy, funny or smart..and what if you will never be any of those things?
“I am nobody, going nowhere, doing nothing”
Bruce Hampton, former student, who performed with Hendrix at the Atlanta Pop Festival
What if you are a nobody?
Can I still be healthy, safe, loved accepted and know that I belong, esteemed by others, esteem myself, know humility through prayer, know joy through usefulness in service, be content, be creative, and finally can I know peace of mind?
Oh, yes!
I am a nobody…and I have those things. These are the God-given, inalienable rights of all God’s children.
PoM 35
I tried to run after re-injuring my hamstring yesterday…made it 1/2 block.
Being in pain, as a good addict, I wanted to get out of it somehow.
When your thigh hurts and you think that coffee will solve the problem…you know you are an addict.
Instead, walked with Gummy and my wife, did yoga and push-ups…and the craving passed.
Now…back to sanity and peace of mind.
PoM 36
I find God these days not through alcohol or sex recovery but rather from food and exercise recovery.
My body scale along with my food scale are kind of like my altars where I sacrifice to my Higher Power daily.
My body scale has been fritzing the last week.
I bought an identical one and sure enough it was reading over a pound off.
I was going crazy trying to guess the right numbers by repeatedly weighing and trying to determine the mean from the wild swings!
I feel some peace of mind around that…
PoM 37
Both my guitars are in the shop this week, so my major source of relaxation is gone.
I actually introduced my wife to movies, but she only likes FBI/CIA action movies where the good guy wins and there is a huge body count…and we have seen all of those twice.
As she said, “Maybe it’s God’s will not to watch movies now”.
It’s good having a smart wife…
PoM 38
“Boundaries are a sign of a healthy mind”
Anonymous
A musician is like a connoisseur of fine foods: he wants to try French cuisine, Mexican, Mediterranean, Italian, Japanese and Health foods…And enjoy the exquisite array.
A composer is like a man who is in love with a woman.
He can see no other woman.
No other woman interests him.
All he wants to do is to develop that single relationship as deeply and tenderly as he can.
That is what money is for…to get musicians to do what composers hear in their heads.
But, if you do music that is not intended to make money…you better have a real small band.