Day 5 - 146 -- You can do anything

Gloomy gray and rainy overnight and most of today. The last hours of light turned to blue sky and bright sunshine. Now we can see the lovely moon out the window. Usual Saturday housework occurred. The highlight was watching a movie -- something that doesn't happen as often as it should <smile>. The choice today was actually a feature length biographical documentary -- Eric Clapton: A life in 12 bars. If you visit here very often, you may have heard one or two of his songs <smile>. As a guitarist and blues musician, he broke trail for so many people. Life took its toll on him, though. From childhood onward, music was his solace. Without it he would have had no focus for the pain. Later, after many heartbreaking events, he chose music as a form of salvation. He said, "Music never betrayed me" and "music saved me." He worked through the pain and addictions to find the life he'd wished for all along.

During the documentary, several people who crossed paths with him spoke about their experiences with Clapton through his career. Several times people noted that if a person could live through some negative event, then they can do anything. What I took from the story as laid out -- if you are strong enough to make it through the nastiness, you have to be stronger and allow yourself to move out of the negativity. That is the 'anything' that one needs to do.

Music was a key character throughout the movie. So many wonderful songs and guitar riffs that it made choosing one to share difficult. But -- one of my favourite guitar intros to a song stuck in my head. So -- I'll share that today. It was one of many songs written to soothe a shattered heart. Enjoy!

Layla -- Derek and the Dominoes