Feel Good Rhythm

I don't know how many of you listen to EDM, but Avicii released a track called "Dance in the Water," http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mwbz3ocKZM. I just heard it this morning and I fell in love right as the vocals began (they start right away). I can honestly say that this song instantly made me feel amazing and released me from my fatigue. It's true when people say that music can change your mood in an instant.

I've been in a little rut lately: wondering who I am, what I will do with my life, where I will go, but Avicii's new mix on Soundcloud, https://soundcloud.com/#aviciiofficial/avicii-promotional-mix-2013, has brought me into such a good mood and gave me such good feels. I'm promoting Avicii because he has always surprised me; he was the first EDM artist that absolutely blew me on my ass with excitement, appreciation, happiness, and love through his performance at the first VELD Festival in August of 2012. I've never been in such a state of Euphoria as I was when I was watching him absolutely kill it.

I will always have a special love for Avicii. No matter what new sounds he brings to the EDM scene, I will always be a very big fan. I'll never stop loving him for trying something new. EDM is always changing - Avicii just decided he would take a huge leap and bring it years beyond what anyone is ready for. I can honestly tell you this though: I was ready for it and I gladly embrace what he is doing for our raving culture. He's changing what we all know, and that is not a bad thing.

Old Friends

There is nothing worse than losing touch with someone you once held very close to your heart. I have lost touch with many people throughout the years; be it because of distance, moving away for school, traveling the world, or quite simply because we have drifted apart - it is never easy to accept. People have walked away from me, left me holding on to nothing but a memory and a sad hope of homecoming. Being walked away from, without a sideway glance and such willingness, is a sadness that cannot be described.

I have learned that people will come and go, you just have to take it as a learning experience and grow from the hurt you feel. Being hurt is a way to appreciate what you have; it allows you to truly know what it means to care for someone. You never know how much someone means to you until they are no longer in your life. You learn to never want to walk away from people. You learn to never treat people poorly. You learn to love the people in your life whole-heartedly and unconditionally.

But there is nothing more heart warming than when a friend you have lost touch with comes back to you. They found something in your relationship worth preserving. That is beauty. That is love. That is happiness. Feeling a weight lift from you as a part of your heart is sewn back in place.