Find my direction magnetically

There have been many songs that have helped me through this last month, many songs that have aligned with my thoughts, but this one I think so far is the best...it's the feeling of the music, the hope in the words and sunshine in the guitar strings- have a listen, but first let me paint you a picture of my last couple days.

The last six days were in my happy place, a place I've been vacationing for over 25 years, Sunriver, Oregon, easily the most nostalgic place in existence to me.  Such happy memories flooded my mind as we played and as introduced Derik to my favorite vacation spot. We spent the days with my amazing family biking, swimming, floating the river, fishing, and just sitting on our deck, watching and listening as the whispering willows danced in the breeze and the Sun set over Mt. Bachelor. It was divine and exactly what I needed!

One of my favorite moments from my vacation, it was early evening, the sun rays were still warm, shining bright and embracing. Derik and I were headed to our "lucky" fishing hole (well lucky for him), riding our bikes on our 3 miles trek to our spot. Our ride inflicted a warm breeze that twirled my hair that was pinned back in a bandana, as we listened to this song...this song I'd heard just a couple days for the first time...but this time it swallowed my heart fully, and put such a content and rejuvenating smile on my face. It fit my present moment more than any song I'd heard in a long time.

Here is the song- listen if you can: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpmGOhys1wQ

If not here are the lyrics so you can get the idea:

"Rise"
Eddie Vedder
"Such is the way of the world
You can never know
Just where to put all your faith
And how will it grow?
Gonna rise up
Burning black holes in dark memories
Gonna rise up
Turning mistakes into gold...

Such is the passage of time
Too fast to fold
Suddenly swallowed by signs
Lo and behold
Gonna rise up
Find my direction magnetically
Gonna rise up
Throw down my ace in the hole "

 

 

 

There's something I continue to come back to...sunshine, rise up, creating your own sunshine....

 

As we drove home I was laying back and watching clouds slowly drift through the sunroof and was thinking how fast that vacation went...actually how fast life goes...In that moment I thought, I want my life to be nostalgic...all of it. I want to spend more time in the sunny moments and less time in the stressful, heavy hearted, sad moments.

 

Yes, there will always be something to bring us down...something to hurt us, make us sad, even angry...but what else?? The what else is what I'm banking on! Look around...where are your sunny moments, who are they with, what are you doing?

TIME TO DO THAT MORE!

 

XOXO thanks for reading, I have to say this is fun, therapeutic and extremely enjoyable for me. I do  hope you find some entertainment value :)