Feeling Sentimental

This morning I woke up feeling sentimental. I feel extremely lucky, on one hand, to have so many people in my life that I consider good friends. On the other hand, there’s a lot of responsibility to maintaining those friendships. I realize how hard it is to stay connected. I would love to have all of the time and money in the world to spend on all of my loved ones. However it is next to impossible to do so with all that I endeavor in. The band takes a tremendous amount of time. When I’m not doing the band, I have to work to pay the bills, yada, yada, yada. I call people and wish I could say, hey, I think I’ll fly to Tulsa and see my lifelong friend Steve Barker or to Wisconsin to see my mom. Then I think about all of the people on the road. This is when it hit me. When we tour, we are so fortunate to get to reunite with family and friends. Through touring I’ve personally been reunited with old high school buddies that I lost contact with 10 years ago that moved away and looked me up on the web and came to a show. Like Dean and Eric in Marin county near San Francisco, and Makana in Oakland. I also have been able to connect with my little brother and step mom in Edmunds near Seattle. How about Andi in Austin? Ryan lives in Bend. I just got to see him last summer. And Steve’s family in Concord and Wes’s family in Atlanta and Tims family in Phoenix, Lisa and Che in Sedona and all the new friends we’ve made along the road. I guess that I just feel lucky…lucky to have so many wonderful people in my life. People like you. So if I haven’t talked to you in a while, I’m sure that we will soon. Hopefully I’ll see you in person. Regardless, I just want you all to know that I love you. You make my life richer just to know you, and I am thankful for that. Peace -Ravi