I wish I had started this sooner

We just don't slow down and give enough sincere thanks to the world. We don’t allow gratitude and appreciation to become a constant in our lives. How many people have sacrificed moments of their lives to bring you that bowl of cereal in morning? Guessing from all the bowls of cereal, over the years, probably thousands. I never thought of that. Sometimes I look down at my bowl in the morning and think.

I am finally seriously practising meditation in the morning. After years of searching, I have found a meditation method that appeals and teaches me. I can now empty my mind of thoughts and find inner peace to begin the day. Starting the day this way allows me to dislodge the fear, conditioning, judgements and bias that try to latch on to me in the morning. I see, smell, hear, taste and feel the world through fresh eyes, ears, nose and mind each morning. I am giving birth to endless possibilities each morning.

I wish I had started this sooner.

Thanks alot GM!

A Led Zeppelin song started the other day on my Itunes and all I could think of at first was Cadillac. I don’t want to think of Cadillac. Cadillac uses that particular song on many of its advertisements. That song used to remind me of days gone by, rebellious teenager angst and pure rock and roll.

Songs create incredibly strong imprints in our minds, back to times of joy, love, tears, childhood friends and many more deep emotional experiences. Now corporations are paying the likes of Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin and hundreds of other musicians for the rights to use their songs in advertisements. Up to 15 million dollars a pop. When the Rolling Stones played, Start Me Up, during the Super bowl, a small imprint in of me thought about Microsoft, which annoyingly used the song over and over in commercials.

When these musicians wrote these songs, is that what they had in mind? Money talks. It's a shame that some great rock and roll bands are selling themselves out and ruining the soul of their tunes and lyrics to big business.