i am still making my way through Pattie Boyd's book Wonderful Tonight and yearn to have lived in London during the 1960s and 1970s more than anything. i would not mind living in a time where it seems like you could virtually do whatever the fuck you want. drugs were something new to everyone, inspiring and influential music was seeping out of every possible corner of the world, new ideas on relationships and religion were coming into play. life seemed limitless. there were only the simpliest boundaries for anyone. i know i have a skewed perception of the time because i have seen the point of view through the eyes of musicians of the time but there are a few concepts and ideas i want to check out.
Meditation is a must do. i desperately need to find my center and give myself the peace to sit quietly and look inside myself and my thoughts. creating a mantra to repeat over and over to find that center is important. it will be difficult to make myself turn off the music that constantly plays in the background of my life, but i think it is important to spend time quietly alone. meditation, as i have read, seems to be a different form of a fresh breath of air, which is something worth breathing in.
