I would like to experience ...

These things I would like to experience ...

• Jumping out of an airplane and feeling the slam of wind and dizzy effects of a freefall to earth.
• A trip to space and a backward glance at the earth ... the place where I was born.
• Meeting someone great like the His Holiness the Dalai Lama and having an audience with him with no one to bother either of us.
• Embracing the longing for love with no sense of fear or reservation.
• A week alone in the wilderness with all that I need to survive and enjoy the peace of the wild.
• Just a moment on stage with my guitar, a great band and vocalist, and 5 minutes to solo while the crowd rages.
• Bartending and listening to the stories people bring to the forefront of their lives when in a vulnerable moment.
• Getting another chance to watch the birth of a baby - such beauty brings both tears and joy.
• Cooking for a huge crowd of people and having all the money I need to buy what I must have to make it a night never to be forgotten.
• Feeding the hungry in Africa ... laboring to provide a meal for someone that would otherwise die if I was not there to hand them sustenance.
• A trip down the Amazon River with friends and our own personal traveling bartender!!!
• To go into Barnes and Noble and see a book that I have authored and labored over on display.
• Playing a classical guitar concert and hitting every note with perfection.
• Taking my kids on an ultimate trip somewhere exotic.
• Returning to my original stomping grounds in New York with my sisters and parents and remembering everything ... reliving the past for a moment in the Big Apple.
• Having the time to read EVERY book in my library.
• To feel the sincere touch of redemption and grace
• To awake one day and realize that it really doesn't matter what others think about you so long as you have joy and grace in your heart.
• To see my mother and father young again ...
• I would like to wander all over the island of Puerto Rico and go on an archeological expedition there.
• I would like to reach the age of sixty and then start counting backwards every year after that for thirty years.

A Comment on a Comment

Well, it appears that my last posting to this blog drew some attention from a few anonymous souls wishing to cast their criticism and run. In particular I was amused with the comment about my apparent bitterness over life’s choices and the need for familial dedication in hopes of ultimately reaching the “glory land.” For this poor uninitiated soul I offer a simple nod of the head and a sincere hope they will arrive to a destination not so filled with glory and charm. No doubt they are half way there already. In the meantime I will strive to enjoy the glory land of the present, i.e., the real life of the here and now with all of its strange and indescribable turns and yet thankfully on occasion visited by twists of grace.

I really don’t get very many comments to my blog. Quite honestly I don’t know who reads these posts or how they even stumble in by surprise. It’s of little concern to me really. So, commenting on a comment is a new experience in this cyber venue.

And why bother with a retirement plan anyway when you can have the luxuries heaven can afford. Only problem being you just have to be dead in order to get the rewards of that apparent benefit. I rather like to breathe and feel the warm sun on my skin.