Life Lines….Or … Lines On Life
A Journey To
Germany And Bulgaria…..
Day 1
I am only a
few days into my 63rd year and I feel very, very good. Life is good…. not
easy, but good. It will never be "easy" (in the strict sense of the word)
to live in this world but I have always thought it best to think positive and
make the most of things as they are.
Can you do
that?
Try it!
PLEASE!
We need more
people with a brighter outlook on life in general, people who are willing to
battle on and try to make a difference.
The other day
I had lunch with two of my very dearest friends in the world. Before an
hour had passed I had to leave the table…. the negative energy was ruining my
lunch! I am serious… between the two of them, life in general was horrible
and this and that thing or person was to blame. I can't imagine living
that way at all, nor can I imagine living with someone who genuinely felt like
that all of the time… Best case scenario? One of us would have to
commit suicide!!
In all of our
lives, there are bad days and there are better days and perhaps a few great days.
I've learned to appreciate them all because, even in the worst of times, there
are things you can learn and people who are worse off! I can truthfully
say that I am at my best when I am focussed on other people and not on myself.
Below me
(38,000 feet or just over 12,000 metres below me to be exact) is what I believe
to be the Mediterranean coast of France. I have never been there but now I
have at least seen it … On my way to Frankfurt to perform at the SWR1 "Sommerfest"
in Mainz, Germany. I know the people at SWR1 very well now and they have
made me a part of their "family" and I am thankful for that…. Genuinely
thankful.
Eric (Eirikur,
the singer of "Live Fire") will be with me and I know we will have a great time,
after which I will fly to Sofia, Bulgaria, on to Bourgas and eventually the
small seaside town of Sozopol which is home to the Apolonia Festival which is
celebrating its 24th year this year. This former fishing village is on the
Black Sea, a piece of water which is in the news a lot lately as grown men with
supposedly responsible jobs play "my gun's bigger than your gun"!
I like both my
lives. I like travelling and I love being home. I think I'll only
stop performing "live" (of course, performing "dead" is probably not an option)
when I stop liking to travel… I think that's the key. I bet I am
just like all the other guys in that I am still, in a way, flattered when women,
ladies, girls, tarts (not really) look at me! Deny it if you like but I
bet you are too! If you're a guy that is…. Actually "girls" can't
really be included in this observation because the way they look at me is more
akin to a not-so-subtle blend of curiosity and horror…. Ha! But at
least they look…. Usually whilst hiding behind their mums!
So I finally
arrive in Frankfurt, run to the smoking "goldfish bowl", wave happily to the
people who sneer at those of us who enjoy a LEGAL substance and head off to pick
up my bag and my guitars.
Meeting Eric
at the hotel we decide to have a little food and then I drag my tired body to my
room and, eventually, to bed!
I like it here, I am looking forward to tomorrow and maybe that´s the difference.
I look forward to everything!
