Sunset on the Beach in Frisco North Carolina

Every now and then the things I lean on lose their meaningand I find myself careening in places where I should not let me go.She has the power to go where no one else can find me and to silently remind meof the happiness and the good times that I know, and then I just got to go then. 

~James Taylor, Something in the Way She Moves

I am a huge James Taylor fan.  His concert was one of my firsts, I remember sitting with my Mom and Dad as a teenager in high school, full of angst, emotion, and typical adolescent drama.  When James took the stage, he simply sat on a stool, guitar in hand, and started to play.  He made it all looks so easy.  I was immediately drawn in.  I was captivated by his voice; by the stories in his songs, even though I had no idea the struggles he was describing.  I was too young to know the depth of his pain; the mental health issues he struggled with, his addictions, his heart aches... how it wasn't easy for him at all.  But, all I saw was a man with a guitar and a magical voice that flooded my mind with memories of my childhood as my Dad would sing along in the car.  Isn't it amazing how easy it is to judge someone's life by what you see when they walk in the room.

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Each time I hear the above passage from Something in the Way She Moves I am immediately transported to where I go when I lose my meaning.  I close my eyes and picture a beach, the sand is cool on my toes but the sun is warm on my face.  It's not too hot and certainly not too humid.  It's simply my perfect moment.  My place to find serenity.  Where I go to be silently reminded of the happiness and the good times that I know.