As a songwriter I tend to focus on what I would call “Hallmark Moments”, but not necessarily the ones that have the fairy tale ending.  It’s not I don’t believe in them, quite the contrary.  It’s that I want to add a certain reality into what I create to provide some sense of reality to the romantic world.  You see I’ve observed in my own life and by watching what goes on around me that no matter how hard we try life is NEVER a straight line.  There always seems to be twists and turns, surprises both good and bad, and moments that take our breath away.   Life, although mostly pedestrian can be littered with obstacles, challenges, and true road blocks.  But, that doesn’t mean we can’t find the detour.  It doesn’t mean we have to always be stuck. 

I referenced my songwriting above.  To date I have released over 20 songs.  They are on all of the major streaming platforms and honestly get more play than I would have ever imagined.  In my opinion some are very good and others are not.  But, there’s was a time that I didn’t have the courage or motivation to let others see what I could create.  I let the non-hallmark moments act as true roadblocks rather than motivation.  I had a fear that I would be judged by my writing and it would create a dialogue that painted me in a certain way.  I guess you could say I was impacted by what others thought of me.  In many ways, perhaps I still am.  The difference it that now I write anyway.  Now I release my songs anyway.  I play them live anyway.  What changed you ask?  Me.  

The world is still very much the same as I see it from when I couldn’t move.  I still see the judges, the self-righteous, and the ones that label themselves as good people or God people and act in ways that are anything but.  And, I also see a ground swell of some of us that have had enough of hiding and had enough of worrying about those roadblocks and people that paralyze us.  We are taking the detour and moving forward. 

I sure hope this ground swell becomes more of the norm and less of the exception.  The world would be a different place for sure if it did.  When I talked about change above it didn’t happen overnight.  Rather, it was a culmination of seeing things in a different way and a collection of souls that finally got through to me.    If you are waiting on a sign to tell you it’s time to move, maybe this is it.  I assure you there are many that believe in you and are just waiting to see you fly!