Paths Not Taken

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My passion for music is elemental. It’s like air, I can’t help but to breath it in. It’s one of the many sources of my survival. October 9, 2007 would have been the 67th birthday of John Lennon. Love him or hate him, you cannot deny that this man was an important staple in music. I won’t delve too much into his political beliefs (although, I agree with most of them) it would take a post and then some. I will however, present you with some quotes from John Lennon himself:

“You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!”

“You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.”

“When you’re drowning, you don’t say ‘I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,’ you just scream. “

“We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it. “

Some would say that John’s beliefs of peace and love were unrealistic…..but were they? Think about the world in which we currently live; war, hunger, hate, the killing of thousands. We are living in desperate times and I’d rather have the fanciful beliefs
of peace and love rather than waite for the inevitable.

Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Bob Marley, and Mahatma Gandhi all had their beliefs of how the world should exist. They “Imagined” the world a better place. I’m afraid we’ve let them down……something got lost in the fray.

I still have hope, but until then: