I find this time of year kind of hard because the grey and damp weather really drains me and my patience is thin as I just wish Summer would get here already. This Winter has been unreal and to a person everyone agrees that the drama has just been exhausting. Between the election last year, the news of the economic disaster and the layoffs that seem never-ending I feel a sense of continuous exhaustion and pressure that I can't recall feeling before. It's omnipresent and unescapable.
Sometimes certain music can take you to another place visually. Not all songs do this for me and certainly some might work for me differently than they might for another person. But recently I came across this song and I immediately pictured myself in a place that was very nice. Imagine a sailboat that was in the Mediterranean in August. That kind of azure blue water around you and the Summer sun so strong and hot that you feel that intense desire to jump in the water but instead you wait to see how long you can stand it. You've got a decent enough tan so you're not worrying anymore about burning - just how long you can take the sweating before you have to just dive in. You're surrounded by great friends and people are laughing and reminding you how blessed you are to know such wonderful people. Maybe you have a lovely cocktail that's refreshing nearby. As you look around you at the sun bleached homes that line the mountains in ever cascading rows you pause for a minute and take a deep breath and realize you live a wonderful life full of fantastic experiences and people and that you are indeed extremely lucky. You reach over and touch the hand of your boyfriend who is napping next to you. Even though he is asleep you feel by just touching his hand you are including him in your moment and your feelings. Your eyes begin to well up at the feeling of happiness and you truly feel content and wish that you could hold on to that moment forever.
This is the soundtrack of that moment and that feeling for me. Click the link and close your eyes and see if you can see it too.
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