Hmmmm......

I often wince at my own posts and can understand that others may tire of a constant stream of weighty, political and global “bad news.”

But, everywhere I turn, I see what I see. Ignoring what one sees makes one blind pretty fast…

And after all, I am not talking to an audience of anarchists, leftists, rightists, Marxists or any other “-ists.”

My audience is normal people, who are of very good heart and mind.

My friends are also very much into helping others.

So, why would I insist on putting up such heavy, negative material? What purpose does it serve?

Here is my basic premise.

I have been involved in helping individuals for the bulk of this lifetime. There just isn’t any other way to go in my estimation. If we had an ideal scene, I’d be off touring making music. I made the decision to go a different road in my teens.

How can one play jazz while Rome burns, was my viewpoint.

So, in watching it burn, I figured I’d best say something to the people who mean so much to me.

I mean, without you, where would I be? Without each other, we are nothing. And our “Rome,” is burning. Literally. Right before us.

Many also know that the solution to things that bring you down or people that bring you down is to flourish and prosper.

Totally correct and I subscribe to that viewpoint fully. But there is a catch.

Too many of us, for whatever reasons, need a flame-thrower up our butts to get into action.

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