Friday Reflexion

For some reason I was in the shower and as the water poured over my body I felt a great humility pour on me too. I let it wash my body, allow me to think of all the amazing things that have been given to me and how I haven't deserved any of them; how others need them, want them, pray for them, and yet I haven't taken the time to actually realize all that they are.

Perhaps this bath of humility was brought on by the books I have been reading, or a comment I heard in passing, or even the simple time I spent with my amazing girlfriend today, but at any rate it is a welcome realization that I felt needed to be noted.

Just a few blessings:
I am blessed with two loving and supportive parents. Sometimes I may wish them away, but I would never have gotten this far in life without them, and no matter what will always be thankful for them.

I am blessed with health. This is brought on by my recent read through of Musicophilia. A fascinating book by Oliver Sacks that deals with music and the brain. Sacks discusses various maladies and how music affects them. I realize that all around me there is so much pain that I am spared from every day, and I am blessed with the ability to help others cope with such pain through my gifts.

I am blessed with music. It is impossible to imagine a world without music. It is impossible for me to imagine a world where I cannot make music, and yet for some this ability has been taken away. I am so thankful to be able to make my goal in life to make music for a living.

I am blessed with endless support. This came with a particularly hot patch of water. I realized that no matter where I am I feel like I have at least one life line available, and many people willing to talk about whatever. I have parents confused, annoyed, excited, and extremely supportive of my life's path. I have a girlfriend who is willing to let me ramble about nonsense, and let me try to make sense of it for the purely tantalizing feeling of abstract thought. (We honestly sat and discussed what a thought was for over an hour!) I have friends that encourage and participate in various other activities that many people aren't fortunate enough to have. I have mentors who encourage my endless questions when they should be telling me to shut up. This truly is a blessing.

Finally, I am blessed with the ability to understand that I am blessed, to realize and accept my own humility, to be a blessing to others, and overall to realize, encourage, and share the love that should fill every room in every place in the world.

This is beyond a blessing, this is a lifestyle, and one I hope I can live.

Laugh and love!
-James Parks