Some of you may or may not understand the musical concept of finding one, finding the one is when your lost in a piece of music, and not able to find your place in the rhythm or time signature, that’s called finding one. Searching for the mathematical equation that leads you to where you should be in the music; this happens in both chord and timing, when performing a piece of music, for me as a percussionist, I must know where the one chord and the one in rhythm are. I also equate this to my sobriety and living, when I find, I am out of sync I must find the one, sometimes I can be twisted in my conception of events that present themselves to me, just like music can. I relate everything to music, even God, I must find that center in the universal oneness, so I can find my place in the music of my life, I know that everyone may not relate to this, but I think our humanity must have song. If we look at any tribal experiences, it has always been communicated through the emotions expressed in our human chant. The thing that centers me the most, is to know that someone cares, I hear it around the rooms, “I don’t give a shit what anyone thinks”, I myself have said it, and that’s not TRUE, I do care, why because we are born caring. Anyone who has raised children knows, and even if you haven’t, we all were children, and what we wanted the most was for someone to care for us. So what I am trying to say is that knowing you care and finding the one that lives in all of us, is the most important thing to this crazy old musician, who loves to love, cares to care, and has to have the ONE in his life, and that I have in a power Greater Than Me, that has shown me more grace, more love, and more truth, in the song we sing together, even when we are all twisted by the rhythm and the notes, of each of our own music. This is what the 12 steps have given me and I live in the gratitude for that GRACE shown me through the care and love in the harmony of the 12 Principals.
Peace Out: M copyright 2014