Happy New Year! From Marauder # 4 - January 2012
A New Year marks yet another revolution of the Earth around our sun! It is a universal time of celebration bringing a sense of change, hope and optimism.
For some it is a time to change bad habits, start new habits, and reset goals that were not accomplished in the last year. Sometimes it is just another day in life for those content with who they are, where they are and what they have. In any case, I feel that this year needs to be a celebration of the people that surround us and are part of our daily lives. Personally, professionally and in all aspects of life. Appreciating the existence of everyone and everything with every new breath that is a gift given to us by a much larger force that unifies the universe. It is a time to let friends and family know that they are treasured because of their presence in our lives. Sometimes they do not follow the right direction or do not seem supportive but they are part of what shapes ours lives, characters and personalities.
Personally, and I think I can speak for the whole of Clepto, cannot even express the undeniable gratitude we have towards the many friends and family that have helped us out throughout our travels. They are the reason for our ultimate survival and success. We can list the things we do to make our music our life but without people who listen to it, people who love it, and people who support it we are nothing.
Much love and respect to whoever is doing what they love, living the life they want to lead and appreciate the small and larger things in life. To the friends who have passed, to the new friends that we encounter I thank you for being. For shaping our world with laughter and happiness as this is what we want to send out to the world to hear.
I’d like to also mention the people who change on a daily basis. Not only themselves but the ones that sacrifice their egos to change the world so it is a better place. Protesters, environmentalists, social workers, artists, poets, musicians, photographers, firemen, small business owners the whole heap! It’s about taking charge of your own life, empowering yourself from the inside out and taking action!
Do not be afraid! If it is not leading to your death then I would say you are fine! It’s been our motto from day one! As long as we are not dieing on a sidewalk in a foreign street and we are playing our music then things are good! Something like being content from the ground up. We do not need many things in order to be happy. Which is how everyone needs to be! Strong roots, the right intentions and the self-power to drive our lives the direction WE want it to go!
Thank you friends for being you! Wishing yet another successful revolution and the best of luck and courage in any undertaking, as none is too large!
- Philip Al-Hajj
A New Year marks yet another revolution of the Earth around our sun! It is a universal time of celebration bringing a sense of change, hope and optimism.
For some it is a time to change bad habits, start new habits, and reset goals that were not accomplished in the last year. Sometimes it is just another day in life for those content with who they are, where they are and what they have. In any case, I feel that this year needs to be a celebration of the people that surround us and are part of our daily lives. Personally, professionally and in all aspects of life. Appreciating the existence of everyone and everything with every new breath that is a gift given to us by a much larger force that unifies the universe. It is a time to let friends and family know that they are treasured because of their presence in our lives. Sometimes they do not follow the right direction or do not seem supportive but they are part of what shapes ours lives, characters and personalities.
Personally, and I think I can speak for the whole of Clepto, cannot even express the undeniable gratitude we have towards the many friends and family that have helped us out throughout our travels. They are the reason for our ultimate survival and success. We can list the things we do to make our music our life but without people who listen to it, people who love it, and people who support it we are nothing.
Much love and respect to whoever is doing what they love, living the life they want to lead and appreciate the small and larger things in life. To the friends who have passed, to the new friends that we encounter I thank you for being. For shaping our world with laughter and happiness as this is what we want to send out to the world to hear.
I’d like to also mention the people who change on a daily basis. Not only themselves but the ones that sacrifice their egos to change the world so it is a better place. Protesters, environmentalists, social workers, artists, poets, musicians, photographers, firemen, small business owners the whole heap! It’s about taking charge of your own life, empowering yourself from the inside out and taking action!
Do not be afraid! If it is not leading to your death then I would say you are fine! It’s been our motto from day one! As long as we are not dieing on a sidewalk in a foreign street and we are playing our music then things are good! Something like being content from the ground up. We do not need many things in order to be happy. Which is how everyone needs to be! Strong roots, the right intentions and the self-power to drive our lives the direction WE want it to go!
Thank you friends for being you! Wishing yet another successful revolution and the best of luck and courage in any undertaking, as none is too large!
- Philip Al-Hajj
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