Sometimes music takes you back to a special moment in time when you were so aligned with the world, that everything made complete sense. Maybe it lasted 5 minutes, maybe 10, but not much longer.

Time almost always slows down and you find yourself in perfect communion with everything around you. (Pablo Coehlo calls it the magical moment). You are so literally present, that you can hear and talk to the universe, and fully understand your role in this chaotic world. Those moments generally come as a surprise, and trigger so much intense passion and emotion that there is no denying that it is a direct message to you

I use to have a lot of these moments as a child. For me, they usually happened in the late afternoon, in a natural setting, when the sunlight has that deep orange tint, and I've just finished a day of collaborating and laughing with others.

Certain songs- like the one i posted - revive the impressions of those emotions. I start thinking about the other paths that I could have followed. What would have life looked liked? What lessons would I be learning now? The idea of parellel universes and having different versions of yourself simultaneously living out those other life paths, appeals to me. There is no way that in one lifetime, or in one reality, I could learn all the lessons the universe wants me to learn. So I think of my other selfs, wish them luck, and like the weeping buddha, hope that in this present life I am absorbing most of the more harder obstacles so that my other selves don't have to.

In one reality, I am married with children, living a simple life in a small village in Spain. In another, I am a extremely successful professional woman, going from one country to another, with little to any personal time. In another, I am a powerful healer who helps the world through her written words and maternal touch. In this life time, I am not quite sure because is so much easier to describe things from outside than from within. However, I try to remind myself that all these women are me. As such, I've already accomplished everything I was suppose to.

I constantly try to keep in mind that this life is an experimentation, a creative project, and I am the creator. There is no room or necessity to feel failure, because it simply does not exist. Failure is a dirty word that only brings negativity and reinforces ideas that don't go in accordance with my perspective of the world. Not to say this is easy, but certain songs serve as my spiritual drug.

A toast to you and your other versions. May all your versions be fulfilling all the dreams you ever had in this and other parallel world, and may you find your Jose Gonazlez songs to fuel your spirit.