I ain't giving my freedom for your money and status

So don't say I'm getting older

'Cause I'll say it when I do

'Cause everybody I know, everybody I know

Is growing old, is growing old too quickly

And I don't wanna go

No, how am I supposed to slow it down

So I can figure out who I am?

And I ain't trading my dreams for no 401k

And I ain't giving this fire for a cold, cold heart

So don't say I'm getting colder

'Cause I'll say it when I do

'Cause everybody I know, everybody I know

Is growing old, is growing old too quickly

And I don't wanna go

No, how am I supposed to slow it down

So I can figure out who I am?

Some of us surviving

Some of us just roaming

Some of us just hoping the world will move more slowly

And some of us alive

We're all gonna die one day

-Suit and Jacket by Judah and the Lion.

I highly recommend you give it a listen here.

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Not going to lie. I have felt blehhh these last couple days.

Everywhere I look, people are drowning.

Either drowning at work.

Drowning on their phones and laptops.

Drowning in the media.

We are all miracles with brains and bodies that have the capability of so much... and we waste our physical/mental/spiritual being on nonsense.

It deeply saddens me.

Makes me want to buy a cabin in the woods and just enjoy the wild.

I know myself enough, that I would rather walk towards the fire, jump into the flames, and help the world... and not silo off out of frustration and sadness.

But it is tempting. :)

Anyone want to invest in a cabin with me? LOL.

A simple action I want you to take today...

Pick your head up.

Pick it up from the laptop.

Pick it up from the phone.

Pick it up from the TV.

Pick it up.

Then go outside and go LIVE.

Because LIFE is not guaranteed.

And you are wasting it when your head is down.

#thriveon

CJ

p.s. I am grateful for music like the song I posted at the beginning of this message. It fuels my soul.