Why I Love Brian May December 28, 2004 ~ 1:14 pm
Posted by Julie in : Daily Grind , trackback
Mmmmmm….scrapple. *gag*
I’ve been feeling a little off-kilter the past week, between the flu, sharing my apartment for a week, not seeing Rick as much as I usually do, not going in to work - the whole disruption of my routine in general. I’m down for a few hours, then back up, and who the hell knows what will follow. In the midst of this, I found this message on Brian May’s blog:
“As we start growing up (I only just started !) Christmas brings us lots of thoughts and feelings which are nothing to do with Good Cheer.
Thoughts of loss, loneliness, not belonging, inadequacy, sadness, listlessness ….. am I right ??? and we feel guilty because we’re SUPPOSED to feel jolly.
Well, just know that you’re not alone. …. these feelings are well-known to me ….. in amongst all the thoughts of how thankful and grateful I am that my nearest and dearest are healthy and doing well, my heart reaches out for those faces we can no longer see, and for those who are missing their loved ones.
Special love for all of you ….. just remember these feelings are NORMAL, and NATURAL ….. and when Christmas is stowed away and the decorations are down …. we will get back to our usual state of equilibrium. We will work, achieve, do good, live life, and move on. But for now, in this limbo period between Christmas and New Year, when the whole world seems to just wait …. find a good book to read, and HANG IN !!!”
This man constantly amazes me - he knows what it’s like to be down, he doesn’t preach about it, he just accepts that it is and urges those of us who go the rounds with the blues to keep going. This is a lot rarer than you might think - I can’t tell you how many people have told me to “cheer up” when it isn’t always possible. So, although he doesn’t even know this blog exists, THANK YOU, BRIAN!
I’m going to go check out some of the books and movies you all recommended and hang in…
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