I do not believe we are here for a purpose, I believe that we are purpose itself.

Many years ago, a 15 year old boy was told by a doctor he could no longer play football or run the track. The past obscures whether or not this was advice to be taken literally but the result was that boy stopped athletics and playing football. Home was humble and fractured, the boy was troubled and his behaviour told as much. There wasn’t much left to cling to.

In the darkness however, no matter how imperceptible there is always hope, even if just a spark.

The boy found music and at age 16 got his first guitar which became a light in the dark. It didn’t solve any problems but it was always there, a constant, something to cling to, something to orient around. As the boy came of age, music, his love of music and his own songs over many years connected him with others who found this very same light. Often their light together shone so brightly they thought they could see into the future.

It’s been over 20 years since that 15 year old boy had his dreams shattered and it will be no surprise to you that the boy was me. Life just unfolds doesn’t it? I stopped trying to piece the past together a while ago, its completely indecipherable and I’m not sure we ever really make anything happen. It seems we just get swept along by the current, by the flow, and that’s if we allow ourselves to be. I think the greatest wisdom is to let life happen in this way, which is not to say we become indifferent or unmotivated but rather that we relinquish control over outcomes and we walk into life each day keen eyed, vigilant, and with optimism.

These days I’m still writing songs, in fact I’ve completely given up on the idea of giving up writing songs. I will always be writing songs, even if there is no music and words. None of this was my purpose, none of it defines me. Each moment of each day purpose is the energy that emanates from me, not something I chase, just as it does from you.

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