At the stroke of midnight, the evening of 31st December 1999, aside from partying like it was 1999 (which, as i've mentioned, it was), I was stood amongst a group of close friends within a bigger group of people i'd never met before. Gathered as we had in the Millenium Stadium Cardiff for a big gig headlined by the Manic Street Preachers, we were waiting to sing Auld Lang Sine one with another. What happened instead was we sang Let It Be.
Just yesterday i heard that song played for only perhaps the fifth or sixth time this decade, and it took me back almost ten years to the day. 'What exactly did i let be?' i began to wonder to myself...
What does this past decade mean? I aged from 20 to 30 years old; got married, stayed married; bought a house (then sold it and bought another); got a job (though not a 'proper job'); revolved around church; watched a lot of telly, and some films; didn't travel so much; learnt to drive; cheered at some sporting events, wept at others, even competed in a few; had more experience of death than in the twenty years previous (i wonder if that's related to the seismic shift that's taken place in my faith perspective?); vomitted more than i'd like; danced less than i imagined i would; laughed some too; and talked a lot of crap. Is any of that 'meaning'?
What did you let be?
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