--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues"
> <curtisdeltablues@> wrote:
> >
> > Excellent report from my life-identity theft hijacker!
> > So many fantastic details. I can't match the sensory
> > richness in my own post, so I will take it in another
> > direction but still under the heading of "keep'n it real".
>
> We've discussed this enough to know that we kinda
> agree that "keep'n it real" is where the rubber
> meets the road, spiritually. I mean, WHO CARES
> whether someone can discuss the 43 subcategories
> of Brahmanic WooWoo and their relationship to
> the original pronunciation of the Suggestibility
> Sutra if they can't treat someone on the street
> as well as they'd treat Patanjali himself?!
>
> <snip important beginnings of wonderful story>
> > It all ran together just like this: "Sir, I know you are going
home
> > but I just spent the evening with my girlfriend who I love more
than
> > anything in the world and we are going off to Iraq in two months
and
> > is there any way you can play us a love song I only have $20 left
> > because we just ate at a fancy restaurant and it would mean so
much
> > for us to be able to dance to a love song I come from Tennessee
and
> > her name is Michelle and I love her more than anything in this
world
> > could you maybe please play us one song sir so we can dance
together
> > tonight...
> >
> > Picks were back on, harp was on the rack, steel guitar was
ringing
> > from my slide as I launched into a tune from Blind Willie
Mctell.
>
> Exactly. Who could have hesitated? That's my kinda
> spirituality.
>
> > So they went off into the night and I was left with these
thoughts
> > and feelings. I will never play that song again without thinking
of
> > these young people and wondering if any of the four will be
reaching
> > for the pillow where there baby used to lay after they return.
>
> Excellent moment, excellent story, excellent state
> of attention, dude. These are the moments that make
> life worth living and smiling about...
>
Love blooms.
