What You Bring To The Party

It would be easy to write about the weather today...summer having finally arrived on the weekend...with this morning blue
skied and warm...but enough. Although I had paid for a second day at the folk festival yesterday...I heeded a "nudge from the deep"...and didn't go. There may have been reasons like...having to face crowdedness...line ups...and a bit of "but I've heard
this stuff before"...but I think there was something else at work...that made me not return. I have often told the story of
forty people...at a party...who are all waiting for the "life of the party" to arrive...but are giving nothing to make the gathering come alive...and telling each other what a boring party it is. Yesterday...I felt that I might be like one of those
"party goers"...if I'd gone to the festival...for whatever reasons...in a lethargic mood...with not much vitalizing energy to give
to being there. That being the case...I felt I'd be better off...keeping my own company...until I gradually found my way back
to being an active contributor to "things festive". Tonight...I'm going to sing by the ocean...on what promises to be a lovely
summer evening. By then...I think...I should be ready again to give something to the situation I find myself in...and...in doing
so...become part of...an uplifting experience............................Quester.