Down With The Establishment!

You might wonder what people do in paradise, or maybe not, but I'm going to tell you anyway.

One good friend is a music fiend. He has an enormous collection of concert videos and a head full of trivia about rock n' roll. He posts YouTube clips on FaceBook every day.

The last clip was "My Sweet Lord" played by Billy Preston at George Harrison's benefit concert. A moving video...with Eric Clapton, Paul, Ringo and too many other people to mention.

That got Yella browsing through YouTube clips about that time period.

First we looked at all the children of the Beatles. Now they are all at least 35 years old, with some well into their 40's.

Are you feeling old yet?

As we looked, beautiful, haunting Beatles melodies were playing behind the pictures. A wave of nostalgia hit me.

Do you remember some of this...

"You can't trust anyone over 30."

"Down with the establishment."

And maybe the best one..."Peace, Love, Rock n' Roll."

What would this world be now if our generation actually remembered and lived by "peace, love, rock n' roll?"

I know, I've had too much coffee this morning and this blog has just stepped off the path.

But it all fits together.

How does an old hippy end up in paradise?

I don't know but I sure am lucky!

This is the logical conclusion to my life if viewed holistically, not paying too much attention to the big part in the middle where I focused on owning businesses.

After graduating from college, the next 10 years were spent wandering around, PARTYING!!! We played music on the road for 3 years. That's a bohemian lifestyle for sure. I hesitate to mention how much debauchery we engaged in...

Then I left that path and became "respectable." Well, not really, but I pretended. This is the big hole where I chased the Money Train."

I got off that train last year. Rolled back the need for so much denaro.

And ended up in paradise.

Wow!!! Feels like coming home.