On 4/15/17 Kev writes, I type
When I was in college I used to attend electronic dance parties known as raves....
Looking back I realize that most of my participation at those raves were defined by excessive drug use and one night stands, but like every moment in life I am still able to find a significant meaning now even through the haze of that past party scene...
I remember meeting a group of kids that I began to see at most of those events...they loved the music scene and even had a set of principles that they proclaimed to live by. They said that the scene itself represented what they referred to as PLUR..Peace, Love, Unity and Respect. Back then I really didn't understand what they were getting at, or maybe most likely I just thought they were just some crazy party kids, but now I feel like I have an understanding of what it is they felt...
They found peace through the acceptance of one another . They found love through their music. They found unity inside the crowd, and they could respect each other's differences...
I can remember the connection I felt inside those crowds... I guess that's what music is supposed to do, create connections where sometimes it feels like there can be no connection.These kids were able to do something that most of us can't seem to do, and that was be able to look past each other's differences, love one another for who they were, and enjoy life together..even if it was just for those music-filled nights.
I find this realization to be pretty profound...it seems like in today's world we move further and further away from those types of connections..it seems as if we become more disconnected than connected even though technology would have you think otherwise...
Life is like a dance, but we always seem to try and make it more like a fight.Those kids learned to treat life like a dance and I think we could all learn from the morals of those raver kids...
Today's Positive Affirmation: If life is a dance..I choose not to leave others stranded on the sideline...
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