That’s Important To Me…

So, occasionally there comes a song into your life that you haven’t heard.  That’s not rare for most people, but it’s rare for a DJ.  I was told I need to hear That’s Important To Me by Joey and Rory.  Now, a lot of people tell me that I need to listen to certain songs, but this person rarely tells me to listen to anything, or tells me much , so I decided I would check it out.  I kind of knew Joey and Rory by Cheater Cheater, which could be a whole nother blog, but I don’t know that I have the energy to write about that right now.  So, back to what’s Important To Me, after-all it’s almost Thanksgiving Charlie Brown…!  Do you ever think about what’s important to you?  Or, do you just kind of go through life, not really taking time to assess it.  Have you ever thought that you were on the same page with somebody, but they haven’t yet cracked the book?  Importance can be a lot of things.  I once read this book about the 7 love languages.  People appreciate love in seven different types of ways.  I’ve read lots of books, but this one made the most sense.  For instance, some people like material things, some people like money, some people like security, some people like time, etc…  I can’t think of who wrote the book at the time, but I think it has a lot of value in 2010, and can be applicable to all of us.  Certain people push our buttons in certain ways, and as much as we don’t always want them to they do.  Others, aren’t even able to push our buttons at all.  We might want them to, we might think we need them to, but they might not be able.  Being on the same page is important to me.  It’s been important to me for a long time.  Most of the time in my life I’ve been on the same page, but I also think that I’m a bit different, and maybe the page of my book is different than anybody else’s.  We are all unique, and I think we are always searching for what makes us glow inside and out.  The important things to me are little and free, though I can’t say at 21 that that might have been my answer.  We think we’re so wise when we’re young, we think we know everything.  Heck, half the time we don’t even want to ask anybody, because we just know.  I remember a radio buddy of mine saying to me one time, “Matt you really just need to stop and take in this moment right now.”  You’re not going to get it back, and this is a good moment.  I thought about that moment, and he was right, it was a good moment, and had he not have said anything I might not have enjoyed the moment.  These are the moments that have value around the holidays as you appreciate those moments and life more.  You only have one family, you only have one chance to see your little baby niece’s 2nd Thanksgiving.  You only have one chance to remember Thanksgiving 2010 talking to your 92 year old grandfather, who is one of the most amazing people that I have ever met.  Do you ever wonder what people might be thinking at 92?  We can go back and remember, but we can’t go forward and know for sure.  The one thing I know is that older people are wise.  They have seen a lot of things, and they have a perspective that we might not.  Perspective is something we forget sometimes.  Wouldn’t you have liked to see how people lived in the 60′s, 70′s, 80′s, 20′s, 30′s, etc…?  You get my drift.  I wish I could have Seen It In Color.  What will the world be like 20 years from now?  What perspective will we have?  Who will be by our side?  What will people say about us?  Will we ever lose our youthful exuberance and playfulness?  What is really important to us?  Who do we want as our partner?  I’m not just talking about a “who”, I’m talking about what type of person?  I always said If I could sit on the swing, hold their hand, and enjoy a summer breeze, trees blooming in the spring, or leaves dropping the fall, and just be comfortable being not saying a thing I didn’t want them in my life.  I have many moments ahead that I want to enjoy.  I am excited about those moments, and I feel as much like a kid, as I did when I was younger.  I might get older by the age I am supposed to be, but I’m nowhere near what father time says I am.  The things that are important to me, are so simple.  I want to be around somebody that genuinely with their heart and soul, wants to be around me.  I don’t want them to be worried by what we’re going to do, but by just wanting to be with me.  I want what the good families have, that I saw growing up.  My mother still says about my father, that though her life has been filled with love after the death of my father, that she would give anything for one more day with him.  She told me stories of their young love last year, and I didn’t know much of it, but it sounded grand, it sounded big, and it made me think maybe I’m just like my dad in some ways.  There were lots of twists and turns, lots of stops and starts, but as the song says yes they did come back to those two hearts.  I remember one Thanksgiving with my dad, and man I wish I remembered more.  The holidays make us think about some crazy things.  Sometimes we get nostalgic, sometimes we think about the less fortunate, sometimes we think about the football games, or what time dinner is, but do we think about the women that prepare the meal, or in some case they guys.  That’s important, and God Bless all those people who are cooking right now to make Thanksgiving a day about family, friendships, and times to remember.  Now that’s important to me…

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