As we come to the end of this year I hope you can find some time to reflect.    I am giving you these questions early so you can let them bounce around in your head for awhile.  Take some time once the holiday rush is over and you or the family has packed up the car and headed home.  Find a quiet space in the morning or once the kids are in bed to reflect.   Light a candle or sit by the fire and invite these questions in. 

~ what were you grateful for this past year in your life?

~ what was the hardest time for you this year?  What lesson did you learn from it?

~ Take some quiet moments to reflect on the word “longing.”  Search your heart to see if you have any longings.  What do you long for?  Ask your heart not your head.

~ Finally ask your heart when was a moment you felt at peace?  Let the moment come to you.  Don’t try and search through your memories like a card file.  Just let it come.  Don’t think, just breathe.  When the moment comes hold on to it and look and feel it closely.  How can you have more of those moments in the coming year?  How can you carry that feeling with you always.

As we approach Christmas I hope it finds you healthy and happy in your life.  I hope that in your life you have felt and heard the gentle and sweet call of God whispering your name and if you have not, know that it is there.  If something came to you from these questions that you would like to share please add them to the comments.  I would love to hear them.

Big love to you all and Merry Christmas.

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Things are stressful right now for most of us aren’t they?  Money is tight, the economy is scary, more and more of the wealthy are bailed out while us in the middle class seem to get more and more money taken from us to feed the rich.  The government has not done its job of protecting us from scams, abuse, fraud and mismanagement instead it seems to be more concerned with helping out cronies.   All of this hanging over our heads as we enter the holiday season and yet there is much to be grateful for.  It is in these times that we need most to look towards the simplicity and wonders of life.  It is in these times that we are given the opportunity…..yes opportunity to see our difficulties not as something to carry on our backs but as something to learn from, challenge us and overcome.  Maybe the financial struggle that you are having right now can be a wake up call.  Maybe the things that you pay so much for are really not needed.  Maybe we have all grown too fat on credit instead of substance and have forgotten that what we need, we already have.  Take these times, these stresses and turn them into opportunities to learn and challenge your soul to grow.  Your soul does not crave money and things.  You soul craves attention, nurturing and room in your life to be fully ALIVE and for that one only needs to push aside the clutter and look within.

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I am in the studio late tonight and my wife sends me this update.  My son Wilder is 5 and Easton is 2:

Tonight we were all sitting in front of the fire drinking hot apple cidar when Wilder spilled on his pj bottoms.  I told him to take them off and we’d put on a new pair.  As I headed down the hall I heard Easton tell Wilder, ‘Wilder when you spill on your leg you say “shit”.’  I told him that we don’t use that word which led to a discussion in which Easton casually used shit about 20 times while I kept saying, “Let’s not keep saying that word.”  And Easton kept calmly explaining that, “I just told Wilder that you say shit when you spill.”  I finally walked out and got those pjs thinking that I may be fueling the fire.  Of course Easton made sure he got the last word.  When I got back he told Wilder and I, “Only daddy says shit when he spills on his pants.”  “Yes.”  I agreed, “only daddy says shit.” 

It would seem my rock n roll lifestyle is seeping a bit into my home life……woooops.

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I am with the band in the woods outside of Forestville, Ca.  we are recording a couple new tracks that will probably be added to the album Raise the Sun.  I will try and post some pics and updates when I get a moment.  So far we have the drum tracks done for both Now and Weightless.  We will be moving on to bass soon.

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