Posts tagged thoughts
A Quick Trip Home

I’m proud of this record and I’m excited for everyone to hear it.  It’s my story, it’s our stories, it’s the great things about the Hoosier state and it’s the bad things that affect us no different than anyone else.  No place is good or bad, but it is my place.  To paraphrase Flannery O’Connor, where you were is gone, where you thought you were going never existed in the first place.  If you can get a grip on these notions, the rest of life is a lot easier to stomach.  You are where you are, enjoy it the best you can and know you don’t have to stay there.  


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Don’t Worry About How Fast, Just Move Forward

1)    When it comes to people, there are no equal transactions, there are no “I owe you ones”… there is only giving of yourself for the sole purpose of giving.  That is not to say I don’t get things back in return, but only that it’s never equal.  With some folks, I’ve received more than I’ve given to them and many others I’ve given to them more than I received and, almost never, has it been anywhere near to equal.

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