Lamont will cringe when he finds out that the inspiration for this first post came from a country song and not one of those sentimental cry your eyes out ones either. So what does Get Drunk and Be Somebody by Toby Keith have to offer…I think it sums up a guilty dream of mine…taking the easy way out to change myself. The song is all about being a nobody all day all week but on Friday night you can reinvent yourself courtesy of some booze. You can’t change your life really –you can only run away from it for a moment. Is that not the allure of drinking, getting high, getting it on? The problem is for most of us 30 something’s we’ve refined the process a little bit. That is why there is retail therapy, food as consolation, entertainment as mind numbing bliss, work as the altar where all the hopefuls worship. Okay so I know a lot less people than I used to who are still drinking their way to salvation or finding peace in a joint or fornicating for freedom. But do I really know that many people who are not hiding in their work, in food, in money, in things, in position, in power, in everything else except living for what matters. And before you start humming Oprah’s theme song to match the positive help vibe –what really matters is not being nice, helpful, tolerant, positive, upbeat either. So what really matters…Can anyone really answer that with any credibility if they are still clinging to something that let’s them get drunk and be somebody. Not really. So here is the gauntlet… What happens when you give it all up to really be somebody…or give it all up to be yourself? I think I want to uncover what has been here all along. Losing what I am not in God. Losing gods for God. Finding who I am in I AM.