I am in love with the beautiful people!

As we waited in line last night at the WICKED AWESOME SWEET Muse concert at Arrow Hall, I fell deeper in love with out diverse city, our generation, and our planet.

All I could hear in my head was "One" by U2. The lyrics hummed over and over in my mind as I looked around at the mosaic of faces; all different sizes, ages, colours; the blending styles and miscellany of eras... The things that stood out the most were sparkling eyes and easy smiles. It was both inspiring and heart-warming. You could feel only positive energy in the air, as the sun began to set, and this energy was further heightened as everyone slapped high-5s as the line slowly entered the building. Here for a good time, it echoed.

I feel that our generation, has taken the best of everything, from 50s fashion, to 60s/70s hippie love, to 80s originality, to today's ever advancing technology, to the world's variety of cultures, to new ideas and concepts, along with the finest of old proven theories. We have accepted them all proudly and made them our own.

We seem to know how important of a time we are living in. We are the generation that will go down in the books as the people of world world, that banded together across oceans and in every language, to save the environment, to focus on Pro-Peace, to live together as one. The Internet has given us a tool like the world has never seen before, and with it we can accomplish things that only lived in sci-fi stories and comic books. We have taken it and exposed things like "The Secret" ( a whole other blog story in itself - - and working everyday...) , produced things like Live Earth, and Live Aid, and we are uniting people across the globe. There is strength in numbers and in education...

...I could ramble on for hours, springing from one tangent to another, but I really have to get to work before I get myself fired and kill the happy vibe!

I just had to note how wonderful last night was while I can still hear the base thumping and the crowd cheers in my ears. I was honoured and touched to be a part of the shared love and passion for for the music. As always with concerts. But especially this time. In an environment that was safe, friendly, and open-minded.

Thank you Muse. Thank you Cold War Kids. And thank you to all you beautiful people!!

The world is good.
Peace and love.
JF

PS: For more on Muse http://www.muse.mu/index.php

Why??

I have become inspired to blog is because I have a gazillion things going on in my head all day long. I have always thought too much. Over analyzed. I am a daydreamer. My imagination is wild and the possibilities are endless...I get easily excited about new ideas, very sentimental about memories and people, and it makes me want to SAVE EVERYTHING...Like a thought pack rat. By "saving" I mean "storing", and so storing for me now means blogging. Photos of my mind if you will ;)

I have always kept a journal, for as long as I can remember. It has been my therapy.My release. It is my free expression. But as I get older and continue to change and evolve with the times, blogging seems to be the right way to capture moments almost as they happen. It is a much more immediate outlet than my journal, for example, since often when I sit to write, soooooo much has happened, so many thoughts have been piled on top of other thoughts, that something always gets missed... Not to mention that blogging is already helping me practise writing...one tiny step closer to achieving my dream of being a writer. With actual readers. Not just me re-reading my diary ;)

Also important is that so many of you, my friends and family and strangers that I may never meet, live all over the planet! Although we have Facebook, and email, etc., this somehow makes me feel more connected, since I am here only if you want it, and not here if you don't = no pressure :) But here, honestly and openly and trying to spread positive energy...

It has already helped me feel like I now have no excuse not to leave my stamp; to do what I can to make the world an always better place to be. I feel in love with life and like this blog is my new lifeline to the rest of the world. A way to share great moments; provoke thought; inspire...motivate... To track my success and prove (if only to myself) that anyone can do whatever they want, as long as they believe in themselves...

Sometimes I may blog just to vent. It is my new amazing creative outlet. An outlet I have searched for for ages, and never was sure which way to go.

So, this is my blog.
Since life IS what YOU make it after all.
As I follow my dreams and make my life the best life it can be, hopefully if you're reading, I may help you make your best life a reality as well.
You never know... Strange things happen. And dreams come true everyday.

Think. Try. Dream big. Live hard. Love lots.
Peace,

JF

Testing 1, 2, 3

So I had written a beautiful "prelude" /intro to this, my very own blog...but when I hit preview, I lost the whole thing, and so I am trying again...but this time is just a test :)
JF