oh the things often disregarded

like the hold that most influences have on our life. be it a wise mentor, or a silly TV show we like to watch with friends, but mainly music.
for me its been a wild ride. what influences you can draw things out of you that you never knew were there before but at the same time can place a desire for things that you never thought you would succumb to. things like chain smoking or reading.

im convinced that reading is the solution to many of society's problems. if we would all slow down and exercise a little imagination and expand our capacity to escape to places unseen and unreachable, maybe then we could get our heads out of our asses long enough to rediscover the part of life that make us smile.