“…I’m just hanging on while this old world keeps spinning / And it’s good to know it’s out of my control / If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from all this living / Is that it wouldn’t change a thing if I let go…”
This is one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite songs, which just so happens to be sung by two of my favorite people. If you’ve been reading this blog for very long, you’ll already know that one of those people is the baron of the beach himself, Jimmy Buffett. The other one owns one of the sweetest and most powerful (have you heard “Whatever You Say?”) voices in country music, Martina McBride.
Here’s the video. I love the bicycles and bonfire on the beach.
“Trip Around the Sun”[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dV1myAW2Cs&feature=player_detailpage]
I’m celebrating my own trip around the sun today. That would be a birthday in case you weren’t paying attention in science class. I know I wasn’t so it’s nice to have Buffett and McBride remind me. And maybe it wasn’t science class…astronomy? See, what did I tell you?
I also won’t be mentioning exactly how many trips it has been. Some things can be left to the imagination.
Reflection, revelation and the making of resolutions seem to be the “grown-up,” things to do on a birthday but, like the song says, I prefer to “just enjoy this ride.”
If I must have a goal of some sort for the coming year, I’ll just say that I resolve to do more bicycle riding, attend more bonfires and go on a diet eat less s’mores. It’s all about the little things.
