Laura Harley

Well, my ability to keep writing music while keeping up with other work didn’t last long. I think it lasted 2 days before things got even busier. And it was a busy-ness that I haven’t experienced before—lots of things in my life are accelerating. A lot of it is very positive and exciting. In fact, in the last week I’ve had some of the most precious and inspiring moments. But, even when one is busy with exciting and positive things, it can still be stressful and tough to adjust to. I’ve been feeling very tired. But I can see the light at the end of the tunnel—I’m slowly adjusting and think I will soon be able to get back to writing in moments here and there.

It’s funny how even in the midst of extreme busy-ness and stress, I’ve been having little moments of peace. In those moments I remember that my life is happening right now—-like, right NOW, not in the future when I am less busy (not sure if I ever will be less busy anyway). And because I only have this one life, and this one chance to live it in a meaningful way, it makes the fatigue ok. The work I am doing is very meaningful to me. But sometimes, when I am really fatigued, the moments of peace go away and I just feel like the weight of the world is on my shoulders. I think we all feel like that sometimes. But then usually I just say a prayer and get through the day as best I can and inevitably, when I wake up the next morning, I feel better. Thank God for sleep and healing dreams and the gentle feeling of morning. And little moments of beauty help, too. For example, look at this amazingly beautiful rose a friend gave me this week:

That kind of natural beauty totally slows me down and reminds me why I’m here.

This week I’m busy with work and preparing to go to L.A. for more shows again next week. And, speaking of shows, here is another new photo from my show at the Varsity a while back:

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 at 10:04 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.