March 22, 2005
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The Daily News
1 It's a little bit funny, I imagine. I'm down at the school right now; it's 8 p.m., and it seems early. In the room right next to me, I hear the booming sound of music, driving kids to invent dances.
2 As I compose these words, there are kids in the Theatre painting, sewing, listening to beats, making friends, eating, and bonding for this huge tribal thing we have coming up on Friday. It almost seems like a tribal ritual being practiced somewhere in the dense rainforest.
3 All around there is noise, joy, flirtation, exhaustion, and spirit, and it is so alive; it's truly wonderful.
4 For a second, I found myself just staring, you know how you get when you're tired, just floating from all the emotion and exhaustion of the past week.
5 Sunshine came up to me and asked what was wrong. Somehow, that guy KNOWS when things are wrong, only this time, I just thought, "Nothing is wrong. A whole lot is right."
6 Because I heard laughter. I heard song. I watched dances. The entire Theatre building was literally buzzing with spirit and life, and I just felt really good. Sunshine asked if I didn't want all those kids just to leave, to go home, to give me some peace and all.
7 And all I thought of was how wonderful it was to be alive, and to be able to enjoy all of this. I thought of next year, and how it might just be a cold, dark Theatre with no activities. But only for a brief second. Then I saw kids smiling, laughing, and getting ready for the big ritual on Friday night.
8 There is so much worse than a bunch of kids having a bunch of fun.
9 We don't always count our blessings.
10 Call me a relic; call me watch you will. Say I'm old fashioned say I'm over-the-hill. But I think that wonderful activities like FANTASTICS, and kids having a ball, and enjoying life for all its worth is pretty darned healthy.
11 Expecially to we older set. I smiled, knowing full well that all this could be over in a flash, so I'm going to live it and enjoy it for all it's worth. And when it finally all comes to a halt, I'll have some lovely memories of when this place was once alive and dynamic.
12 That gorgeous rainbow I saw the other day put some spirit back into me.
13 I'm ready to rock.
14 Hope you guys are too. It's not altogether a bad thing.
15 Not in the least.
16 Someday, I'll reminisce about the days of old.
17 Right now, I'm going to live them.
18 Peace.
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