Songs from the World

A Song from the Florida Keys


I wrote “A Beautiful Life” back in 2012.  I was burned out, spending all my energy on trying wiggle my way around the music business.  In essence, I was trying to figure out what every else wanted to hear and see, and then model that.  Working that way is exhausting.  And a waste of lifetime and creative energy.

I thought, “I am so very tired of this.  Is it that important? Why not stop trying to dominate and run the rat race…and instead sit still and enjoy the simple fact that I am alive, enjoying this amazing gift of living?”

What sweet calm and happiness I have found in that.  Gone is the desire for fame or glory.  In its place is a gratitude for what I have, the itch to create, and the satisfaction of paying forward kindness.


It’s a beautiful life when you stop to look sometimes
This is a sign
I’m going to take the time to sit and watch the world go by
‘Cause usually I am racing forward so fast
I miss a lot of the life that slipped past
Now what a beautiful life I see, here from the sidelines

Art We There Yet?

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