Ok, here’s one for you… as a hippie, is there any "thing"; a belief, ideology or way of life that you may have lost (or misplaced) from the past? Now that the kids are grown, I find myself trying to get back to living much more simply, purging the unnecessary and making do with much less, getting back to meditation, spiritualism and nature…kind of lost that in the chaos of raising kids, divorce and now...coming back to "Me"- Sort of like a reprogramming. What say you? ~Peace
What I valued as that young long haired freak that I was, I think I still value. It is the love of the earth, the rocks, the trees. The good thing of being that older "freak" is that I found the love, that I thought was there, somewhere, back when I was in the "free" love time (it is never free). Don't get me wrong I have nothing but good memories from all those past years. The great thing is I see it only getting better...
Everything I know I thought I knew I might have lost & want to get back to was swept away by my constant segue into songs when I hear/read words (bijou understands this unavoidable distracting divergence) so I guess I'll just go with it, and wonder... & hopefully WANDER back to ME.
I know how you feel. I have tried to scale down,go back to writing and walking around Piedmont Park. IN the late 60's the Akkman Brothers would come and play for free,Bongo would make enough brown rice to feed everyone. It was great,one of the best times of my life.
See...that's what I'm sayin. Life was and still is, so good...just gotta get back to the simple, basic...and real meaning of our existence here s'all. I used to, (and still do some), write, paint, make and sell crafts, play guitar for pete's sake...am getting it back...piece by piece and lovin' it! ~Peace
