There are concerts and then there are CONCERTS….

Just a bit closer to the stage than the last time we saw BRUCE.

It’s strange how life works out sometimes. When I was much younger, I really wanted to see Bruce but the stars wouldn’t quite align. There was also quite a bit of that ‘shedloads of time in my pockets’ thing going on with me. No rush, plenty of time to sort stuff out.

But the years and decades rolled on. Bruce got older. I got older. That growing, nagging feeling, is there really plenty of time.

Then life hit the buffers. Bereavement. Single Parenting. Life felt like it had stopped. Permanently stopped. Bucket list stuff, things like seeing Bruce seemed like a million miles away and ever receding in the rear view mirror.

But slowly life started to spin again. A different life. Now a growing realisation that I won’t figure most things out in life, why things happen when they happen or don’t happen. That really clever, brilliant stuff is way beyond my pay grade. The other growing realisation, we really don’t have plenty of time in this life, but maybe, just maybe most of us will be given ENOUGH time to get enough done. Enough time to learn and grow. Enough time to experience enough in life, the good, the bad. It’s how we use that time, what guides us, our priorities, the choices we make, the doors that are opened for us, the doors that are closed to us, how we deal with the stuff of life.

No Bruce for decades and then wonderfully, unexpectedly, twice in 13 months. It’s a funny old life.

45 thoughts on “Bruce”

  3. I take it you believe in some kind of life after death (as do I, even though I am an atheist). I have a place in my heart for anyone who wants to learn and grow as a person. Why bother if death is a dead end?

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      2. Yep! Different outlooks on the unknown, but they both spur us on.

        I once dated a guy who couldn’t comprehend that I was/am a good person when I don’t fear the wrath of a gawd.

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      3. Yes. Certain people cannot believe a person can be good without the fear of Hell hanging over their heads. They have no idea that they are the ones who are incomprehensible, liv8ng in fear for their whole lives..

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      1. Though being squashed in a crowd doesn’t hold the same appeal now as it did in my 20s. I can understand your friends reasoning.

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  15. I like Bruce as well as he’s down to earth and normal. I’ve actually met him (many, many years ago) in person and he’s lovely! That’s awesome that you saw him 2x in 13 months! Woo hoo! Good for you!

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  16. Amazing, Gary! What a crowd and what a performer. I am glad the world is spinning differently for you. Same sun were orbiting, but a different gravity underneath your feet. Love love this for you. 💕🙏

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