Friends help Shine a Light

"When you're drunk in the alley, baby, with your clothes all torn And your late night friends leave you in the cold gray dawn. Just seemed too many flies on you, I just can't brush them off. " Jagger/Richards "Shine a Light" Exiles on Main Street.

Now, far it be from me to hop on the Stones bus to get some hits on my blog, but....., this is the greatest concert movies ever made. Never have I seen the boys captured and saw glimpses of what makes them great without having to be in an arena, paying $450.00 a seat to watch a big screen. The greatest Rock and Roll Band was in New Orleans in 1978. We mailed off for our $19.00 tickets, got crushed against the doors six months after Cincinnati, and watched the best band in the world after having to put up with Van Halen and the Doobie Brothers.

So with friends who leave you in an alley, who needs enemies?? Well, it is time to reflect on how blessed we are in our lives to have people who really care. For a sec., really consider those who have been there through thick and thin. Every time the waters start rocking, I have to consider the great men and women I have met who I can rely on when the shit hits the fan. Troubled waters faced your writer this week(not female related, of course) and with the press of a button, I had people from all over the country calling me to tell me all was cool. When you have a person or two who feel their destiny is to make you miserable, humiliate you, gossip about you, for the reason which escape you, it is always good to remember those folks who have your back.

Also telling is when there is something happening which will impact the rest of your life, people who you think care know about it, and they don't even bother asking, sends that clear sign that you misjudged who that person may be. As a wise sage once told me, people place their time and energy into those things that are important to them. You may be disappointed in folks for not taking steps or making the calls that you would have done, but do not project yourself and your level of caring on others. If we will be disappointed whenever someone does not do what would in similar circumstances, we would spend too much time in the dumps.

So, when you don't get that pat or call to see how things went, chalk it up where you rate on that person's People of Importance Meter Projector(PIMP) and let it or them go. Barring something that is understandable, a simple I got busy may not cut it.We are all busy, but never so much so, in this day and age, for not sending a text saying u. ok, to someone we love,

So Sez Sax...