So the other day I was thinking about my iPod. And, I realized something that iPods and life have in common. More often than not, when you just press "Shuffle Songs" and let it go, the iPod can create a better playlist than I could ever create myself. I don't know why it is, I'm sure it has something to do with the newfangled technology. Today I've been listening to my library on shuffle all day, and it just went from the Beatles' "Revolution" to the Arcade Fire's "Keep the Car Running" and straight into Otis' "Try a Lil Tenderness". Delicious. But you know, every time I try to create the perfect playlist, it just comes out so forced and fake. Just like life. I have found in the past couple of weeks, that if I just let go and do my best at just being, everything else falls into place. But if I force it and try to control things, well, they just end up falling apart. Of course, the good playlist and the good life have resources, the former being a good library of songs to choose from and the latter being some hard work and showing up on my part. However, I'm not forcing issues, and I'm not trying to figure out why people do what they do. That's like figuring out why some people don't have the same appreciation for Otis Redding and M.I.A that I do. I'll never be able to figure out either one anyway, so it's best to just have and appreciate my good library of songs and hard work.
That's all I got. That and a huge sense of accomplishment from my hard work today. Thanks for letting me share.
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Yes, isn't it the best when these random songs come up that you haven't listen to in ages and sometimes even forget are on your playlist. It's even better when they are songs that really mean something to you. It's like the universe is speaking to you through your iPod. ;-)
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