Her latest blog post set me to thinking, and WHOOSH! In a moment of clarity, I realized what she was saying. The same thing I've been saying all along. It's only because of my past that I'm at this point right now.

I know the lyrics by heart. When the phoenix arises from the ashes of the past, as it did for the members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, sometimes you realize that it ain't easy to take, but you still have to carry on. So says the song:

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I want to ride every highway.........the time is now. It's August 7. Thirteen days from now, the loadout begins, and I'm on my way home, to that place in my memory, to that place in my heart and soul where I truly awakened five years ago. It gave me the strength to save the life of another. It gave me the strength to save my own life. It gave me the strength to realize the value in radical acceptance of how things ARE. And now?

Forging ahead. The past is gone. The future beckons brightly.

The ephemeral presence of Black Rock City awaits. Seven days to create.