Note from the Universe: Thursday's Edition.

So like always, I get my daily note from the Universe and of course, this morning's note, just like all the rest, has seemingly struck home within me:

All the years and all the tears... boy, Jardin, aren't they gonna be shocked when they realize that nothing was ever lost - not friendships, not opportunities, not love - nothing?

And that they already had all those things they went searching for?

That never once were we disappointed in them?

That nothing had to be proved, learned, or earned?

That all along they were, in fact, the person they had always dreamed of becoming?

Glad we caught up with you when we did!!

Whoohoo!
    The Universe

I'm so glad to have realized over the past few months how many opportunities I have laid out right in front of me. Everything that's been going on with my music especially always seems to surprise me in terms of how far I've been able to come in just under a year. 

I stopped playing guitar for two years, due to a negative relationship I'd been in, and for being someone who finds music to be one of the most important aspects of my life, it deeply saddened me to think that I had let such a beautiful instrument go to waste for so long. It also makes me sad in a way to think that if in just a few short months, I've successfully been able to develop a following of people/fans, found multiple venues to play at and actually play a lot of different shows, record an EP, and find a drummer in which our musical compatibility seems to just fit hand-in-hand. It's crazy. I wonder if I had never stopped playing where I could possibly be now.

But in saying all this of course, I think that if I hadn't of stopped playing, I probably wouldn't appreciate music quite as much as I do now. Seriously. And I probably wouldn't have met Joe and we wouldn't have such a great collaboration as we do now. Things like this are funny, because while I might think negatively about how things might have been, I realize that now it was all worth it and that now music means more to me than a lot of other stuff in my life. I really want to see where all of this can take me. Playing SXSW might not be a super huge deal to most, but to me, it means more than anything in the world. We talk to the girl today who's going to give us all the details on the show for next week, so I can't wait to hear what she has to say. In just under ONE year have I gone from being nervous to play an open mic at Ruta Maya to recording an EP to finding a drummer to (possibly) playing SXSW. How awesome is that?! When you just open your mind to any and all opportunities it's amazing to see everything that suddenly lays itself right out in front of you :)  

xo
Jardin