Story of a Lonely Guy

I'm gunna be straight with you here... I feel pretty lugubrious right about now! For the dull minded out there, that basically means down in the dumps. Now before you quit reading this on account that you may think I'm going to go out on another self pity rant I'd like to tell you why exactly I'm feeling so low.

Have you ever lost some one you love? Had to say goodbye to a person who made you feel exceptional, got you to see yourself for who you truly are? You try so hard to stay with that loved one and be the best 'you' that you can be and sometimes we stumble or we lose our way. We easily forget what we were fighting for. other times we are able to succeed and are able to achieve our best. Yet every time we lose that person every time we are forced to say goodbye we want to quit. To give up. We get the feeling that we're just not good enough and are seemingly unable to move forward. When we feel this way, we often lose purpose. We feel useless and abandoned, cold and alone, black and empty...

But some times we get lucky. Eventually after we have mourned our loss we come to reason and we see the light at the end of the tunnel. Motivation springs hope into our dismal lives through the absence of them that we miss. The need to do better as to not let them down fuels our recovery. Of course we miss them, we miss them terribly however we know everything will work itself out. The sun will always rise no matter how black the night is. Hold on to that faith and finish. This is some thing I still have to learn and I encourage you to do likewise. For some it may take longer and it may take a few more reminders for others but eventually we all see it...

The Light at the End of the Tunnel.

Country Strong

Country music is a funny thing. I don't think I know of anything else that is so entirely hated by so many people. And then at the same time loved by so many others. Its never "Ya I can stand it I guess." or "I don't really like it" its always "I HATE COUNTRY MUSIC." Well I'm here to tell you that I LOVE IT! I'm sure I am losing friends right now just by saying it but I have got nothing to hide. Music to me is everything. Music powers my body, its what gets me through life, what keeps me going. The music on the radio, the mainstream music, caters to many peoples needs. its the party songs that make people have fun and sing along. Well lately I've been told that I am strange and weird. Its true. And its a good thing because I'm not like everyone else. the mainstream music is good, but the music that has real purpose, real feelings, and real meaning is the best. Artist like Jimmy Eat World, Wakey!Wakey!, The Spill Canvas, Sarah McLachlan (that ones for Weston), Yellowcard they are all great musicians that play music that is amazing but also has more purpose to it other than becoming number 1 on the charts and being played out of speakers in clubs everywhere. Their words mean something special to some one. their chords are chosen not by how cool the sound is but to fit the mood. which brings me back to my main point. Country is an amazing genre. It plays music that you can relate to the hard times in life. it can match your best times. It gets you wanting to jump up and grab a girl and go prancing around the room in your boots and cowboy hat. And as goofy as some of the songs are, they are all so real! Rascal Flatts didn't write the song 'What Hurts The Most' because they thought it'd get them chicks! which however I'm sure it did, but they probably wrote it because they had had a similar experience! One time a buddy and I got stranded on an island so to speak. We had a great talk about how awesome country songs are! And I'll tell ya, sitting there on the beach of the God forsaken island listening as my friend sang to me a country song about the good stuff in life, I thought to myself. This right here, this is the good stuff. These are the days I'm going to look back on and say how much I miss it. How much fun we had growing up in that hick town of Taber. Doing whatever we wanted and having a real good time doing it! Memories like that are what country songs are made of. All the good times, all the laughs. All the hard times and the tears that come with them. And all the times you messed up, but it didn't stop you from keep moving on. Country songs have a deeper meaning to them, meanings that we can all relate to. I want you all, whoever reads this, to find a memory of your past. Something you might be going through now, or maybe a good time from long ago. Take that part of your life and go find yourself a country song that is about the same thing. I know for a fact that there will be a song written about whatever it was you chose, and I can bet that you will like that song!

Here is mine, Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dtfBxUTXRY&ob=av3n