Coffee-Flavored Jelly Beans

pssssst.... 

21 Pilots released a new song.

Go....go listen.....

It's called Ride....

What? What was that? Did you hear something? Yeah...I don't even know, man.

Anyway. I hope today, you've had an excellent day and that you've taken a few moments of relaxation and reflection. Today I had many adventures, between interviews and SUSHI and driving and (pretending to be) swimming, jamming to new music, and working. Whoop whoop!

I saw a rainbow today, but it was just a single cloud. It was one wisp of a cloud, very beautiful, but it was absolutely positively on fire with color. It was the coolest thing, but it was just a blip in the middle of the sky for a long time. I had never seen anything like it.

Don't get me wrong, the rest of the clouds and the sky and what-not was equally beautiful, but this cloud just stuck out, in the middle of a sea of blue and white. It was a spot of color where everything else felt simple, and rolling, and moving on.

This cloud spoke to me; weird, I know. I don't mean it had literal words, though that could be cool. But it was like when an artist finds inspiration, or a writer gets a whiff of what to write next. This little rainbow was a blip of a promise, a blip of a better day. A moment out of a thousand years. A spot in the center of the universe. A person in a sea of faces.

Sometimes, it just feels like I'm floating. What anchor is there to keep me down when problems boil up like a pot of water when you're cooking spaghetti. The water gets higher and higher, popping and steaming and scalding whatever comes close. But you stay too long in the heat and you become numb. You forget what is supposed to burn and you simply float.

Sometimes, there's a person, or a moment, or a rainbow cloud to tell you to jump out of the water as fast as you can. To get moving in the right direction, to leave the floating to the bubbles, and do something. To wake up and feel the pain, and feel the gain. Cheesy, but true sometimes.

You can't plan rainbow clouds, either. Which is the hard part. They come along and remind you to keep your heart in the Plan and your eyes on the finish line. But they always come at the time they are supposed to, the time they've been put there.

So I hope if you are going through hard times, and if your thoughts are starting to become your demons, that you remember there is a reason to keep going. There is a reason to stay focused, and that is A) That it may be hard, but it will be okay. There's a bigger plan in action than what you are feeling, I promise. And B) One day you could be a rainbow cloud for someone.

I know I have one.

I love you, coffee-flavored jellybeans, and I hope you find some peace.