It All Tumbles Down

Lyrics
Built a city out of stone
Carved my deeds into the walls
People all shouted my name
A world built on pleasure and fame

Life is a dream and a stage
What’s true who can really say
Choices I’ve made led to pain
Now I search for a new way

See how it all tumbles down
What man makes will eventually be ground
Ash to ash and dust to dust
Nothing to show
Only love can last still we grasp
And won’t let go

Say Son of Man is a joke
I’ve found he’s the my hope
When every way that I planned
Leads me to where I began

Meditation
I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to sing my original songs to rooms packed with people where everyone knows the words. I’ve had videos I’ve posted gain tens of millions of views, and other music projects I’ve launched have gain hundreds of millions of streams. It’s been a blast but it really is true that it never fills. It becomes a drug. I need more and more. And if the success doesn’t happen the next time I post or release a song my spirit is crushed.

I’ve been on that treadmill. And it’s miserable. Over the years I’ve slowly surrendered what I do and tried my best to let go of the numbers and the stats. The beautiful thing is the more I let go the fuller my life becomes. Meaning does not lie in likes and followers. Those things are important and making an impact for me has always been very meaningful. But if I build my life on this, I feel empty.

I’ve found now that how I am with my wife or with my kid far outweighs how well I’m doing online. The true good life, I’ve found, is not in the mega big moments. The singing on stage or the once in a lifetime events. It’s in the daily habits of connection. It’s waking my wife up and kissing her forehead every morning. It’s telling my boy every day that I am proud of him. It’s the dinners with music. The weekly date nights. The daily phone calls with friends. That’s where life happens.

I am not always great at following this philosophy but when I do I feel full.
- kid in flight