a shit-talker converted to soul.

people always talk about the death of music.

untalented pretty young things in frilly panties,
excuse my faltering key, while i flash my body,
this lyric is nonsensical, but check my flexibility
when all else fails i'll say 'are you feeling me?'

Haha. Feeling me up more like it.
Teenage boys needn't look too far for their latest dose of sexuality.
Or maybe we're all too bare and it leaves everybody wanting more?
Porn addiction, I tell you. It's like, happy hour, in a bar, all the time (but thanks to the internet it's all free).

Anyway, as usual I digress.

I think we should all get back to our roots.
John Legend sings 'let's get back to touching, we'll get back to solid ground'

Have you noticed? It's always the simple things- like eating a meal with friends, that you all helped to cook, or sitting around and singing together. It's that smiling face that opens the door when you come home at night, and the goodbye kiss when you leave in the morning. It's lazing around underneath (or in!) a tree and talking about everything and nothing. It's 4 hour phone calls, turning up the music REALLY loud when the house is empty, and dancing all the time. It's finding joy in what you do and going to sleep each night, EXCITED about the days to come.

It's really being honest to yourself and following your heart. It's stripping back all the paintwork, all the added bling and being bare to your own self and realising, we're all amazing, deep down. We're part of a collective soul and a collective heart. We're all trying to achieve the same things.
I say this a lot but, it's all about love, and all the different permutations of love. Running with your hands outstretched and accepting what has happened, without being too anxious about what will happen. You're only a failure if you believe that.

But maybe I'm just coming from an inspired place, because I know I haven't always felt this way, least of all in the last year. But there's always something to learn and something to gain- but only if you look for it.

You can't undermine the power of patience and positivity. Sometimes everything falls to shit, but all you can really do is-
Love (yourself, your family, your people, your job, your life), and the rest will follow.

Aloe Blacc- You Make Me Smile