The Beat

Rythm is life. It permeates every aspect of everyone's lives, regardless of gender, creed or life experiences.

And while most humans actually recognize this, to include science and the natural world, I believe I acknowledged it far younger than would be considered "normal".

A paraphrase from chat with Brah-in-Law:

"I don't have a different drummer to march to. I have an entire orchestra."

"And their instruments of choice are pots and pans with a wooden spoon."

'Heh... If only life were that simple. Just a beat that was easy to march along with.'

'It can be that easy. But I think we all usually make it a lot harder, and listen to everybody else's outside noise. Or in this case, their "music".'

"That is almost profound."

Exactly when did Brah-in-Law grow a batch of wisdom?

And I think he nailed the issue directly on the head with a sledgehammer.

I have been listening too much, lately, to the noise. Sometimes with that one trumpeter that is just half a chord off?

And it took the recent changes to my love life to bring that forward, I think. Leora and I have talked about how hard the path we've chosen could get.

There's a LOT of outside noise. Not our music, in a lot of aspects of each of our lives. Then, there is music and beats that belong there, as well. Trying to coordinate all those chords into a melody is going to be a challenge.

The trick is, that Leora and I seem to be hearing that different drummer, far louder and clearer than anything else.