Possibility and surprise.

I was sitting on the beach this evening with my baby taylor that was helping me wind down the day. As I sat there singing Karma's Best Idea to the waves, I had a thought that it's been quite a while since I've played a live gig and it sure would be nice to get up to the mic again. Early in the summer I was playing at least once a week and then somehow diminished to zero.

Sometimes all it takes is a thought.

My good luck decided to kick in tonight when I came to see my friends play and what do you know...... one of them didn't make it so I took his set on as soon as I walked into the door. Nice surprise.

Surprises. I have been making a conscious effort to let go of expectation lately just for this reason. To leave room for surprise. I've experienced some AMAZING ones in my life. And I don't mean surprise birthday parties (well actually I had one really good one on my 21st) or anything that was actually a secret that was planned, but a surprise that just came up in the moment or had nothing to do with me. Like last September when Risa and I ended up with front row center seats at a Blink show in Jersey. Or when Dave Grohl showed up at Weenie Roast. Or when I ran into Jason Mraz backstage at a Ben Gibbard show. I'm trying to think of one that doesn't involve me name dropping a celebrity..... like when I found $500 in a library book, or the time ran into a friend in the Mumbai airport. There are tons more. Point is, these things happen. All the time. And I think it would happen more if I was able to let go more and leave room for the possibility of it.

Cheers to possibility.

I ended my set tonight with a optimistic little tune all about this. Now I sit here listening to Treeunion and the beautiful voice of Dylan Byrne singing "holy, I'm ALIVE." Very grateful for Dylan tonight for letting me use use guitar and providing me with some music time.