Disaster, well, of sorts...

Discovering that your new house has been seriously flooded whilst you were away is not the greatest of news, but then on actually seeing the damage and realising that you are homeless for the short-term and in for weeks of mess is much worse.

My new home; full of stuff, my stuff...trashed. Carpet and bed propped up against the outside wall, damp floors and watermarks on most of the walls and ceilings...a mess! The upside is that all photographs and my prints were saved, along with my little red box of memories.

Now that it is sinking in, I have realised a couple of things. Firstly, my friends are just the best; offers of help, places to stay, legal advice...just awesome and as a result I am now residing in Mariano Manor, with gin on tap and a 24hour all you can eat buffet!

Secondly, I realised that stuff really is just 'stuff'; it can be replaced very easily - confirming my theory that to an extent, what you own ends up owning you; however, memories, experiences, relationships and friendships are the most valuable and irreplaceable items, so easily forgotten in our materialistic existence.

So, this weekend I discover that a glitch in the matrix (and in the grand scheme of things, mine is a piddly little glitch!) is sometimes just what you need to make you realise what matters in life; you can never indulge in the highs if you have never felt the depths of the lows.

'Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.' - Quentin Crisp

3D...

Life is an ever changing state in my mind; sometimes the days are flat and featureless, other times, days, even moments seem alive. Something lights up inside of you to reveal life in technicolour; people, places, a song, a sensation, a smell, a view, a conversation...it can be everything and nothing, but it is real and causes a spark that surges through the very soul of your physical being.

I live for these moments and however few and far between, it is worth putting up with the daily drudgery and hang on in there for these magical nuggets.

Sometimes I get so caught up in the day to day routine of life that I wonder what it is all about; then, when I least expect it, I have a 3D moment and I realise what it's all about; feeling alive, energy, passion, chemistry, spark, laughter, living in that moment for the briefest of seconds and holding on for as long as you can before it fades out and lands you straight back into reality.

So, I write this blog as I swiftly fall from grace; the moment is fading, but it has given me hope of brighter things that lie ahead and hope is a one powerful thing! As a wise, old, bald man once said to me in his infinite wisdom...

'Keep the beast to the East and your eyes on the prize!'