Sometimes remembering things as a kid aren't so easily left behind. It doesn't mean hanging onto it but remembering it enough to not forget others in the same challenges.
Jimmy Wayne hits this dead center with a cut off his "Do You Believe Me Now" cd describing being poor and using kerosene to stay warm at home, the fumes and not being popular at school but understanding "everything that we got is a gift." It makes us stronger "Kerosene kid they didn't get you down you held your head up and stood proud..." These aren't just words as he's lived it. Actually he's lived through more than that.
From that song to another in "I Didn't Come Here to Lose" and looking for a chance when not having a plan B. Many will criticize but "gettin up swinging is that all you got bring it..." is the only way to persist. Giving up isn't something most want to do but persisting can be difficult. Looking at many be it sports people, ordianry people or entertainers have to persist to get anywhere. No one ever succeeds by putting things in reverse or quitting.
Continuing on is a true story in "Where You're Going" of not letting 'where you've been' inflluence where you end up. "We all have a story we can tell..."
Serious topics, upbeat music...check out "Do You Believe Me Now"! If you've lived at all there's material to relate to.
Friday, February 6, 2009
"snapshot" - books
Books. They are an escape and a reality. The bookcase holds books with reminders of telling others you love them. Of writing better. Of appreciating non-monetary gifts. Of gardening, famous horses, dog behavior,cooking and trivia. There's the story of NativeDancer, of the Black Stallion and of Secretariat. True stories and fictional ones. There's books about using herbs, finding country and personalities of people by their horoscope sign. There's books about baking,grilling, drying foods and canning.
Another blog?
Why not? There's much to say on a variety of topics so why not?! There's the new single from Darryl Worley called "Sounds Like Life To Me" and we're all going through it so why not take advantage of it?
True I do three other blogs. There's the personal one at www.xanga.com/JanH1961 that goes back some time. There's the newer ones on horse racing http://pickingtheponies.com/janhoadley/weblog and writing http://writenowbiz.wordpress.com/ that toss out ideas on those topics. If there are different rooms to a home then this one is another.
We've often said if we could just change one little corner of the world...or from this corner of the world (whatever) happened. So from current events to music to *life* why not throw it out there and maybe make a difference for someone. Maybe it won't but then it's from one corner of the world...it doesn't have to change the world.
True I do three other blogs. There's the personal one at www.xanga.com/JanH1961 that goes back some time. There's the newer ones on horse racing http://pickingtheponies.com/janhoadley/weblog and writing http://writenowbiz.wordpress.com/ that toss out ideas on those topics. If there are different rooms to a home then this one is another.
We've often said if we could just change one little corner of the world...or from this corner of the world (whatever) happened. So from current events to music to *life* why not throw it out there and maybe make a difference for someone. Maybe it won't but then it's from one corner of the world...it doesn't have to change the world.
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