Karma Comes Knocking 1982

The six months I spent sidelined from the road showed me just how powerful the words manifestation, karma, affirmation and especially perseverance really are! These words single handedly pulled me through that very dark time. I used all the techniques of attainment I mentioned in my book all through the high points of my odyssey and now found they worked even better during this really low point. It would have been so easy to throw in the towel and say I had a great two year run and received all I asked for. But, I refused to let go of the last affirmation I'd made about going around the world with some rock outfit. Every god damn day of my six months in purgatory I analyzed all my negative actions and took whatever steps I could think of to get back in synch with attaining my goal.

Man, I can only imagine how some of these rock bands must feel after two or three years of making it in the rock & roll business and then find themselves washed up and left for dead at twenty some odd years old! Not a real great feeling or situation to be in.

Anyway, I was tested daily on my own self belief and what it would take to right my wrongs. Doing an inventory of all my past actions which included a lot of lying, cheating and stealing changed me forever and for the better. Sometimes in the quest of wanting something so badly you're totally blind to all the under handed shit you've done to attain that goal. It took a karma curve ball to knock some sense into me and I'm here to tell you it's not worth doing the wrong thing. Because, like it or not, sooner or later you're going to be responsible for all your actions and you'll have to pay your cosmic debt to the universe. During this wake up call, I found that the two words affirmation and perseverance in combination are amazing tools for getting thoughts that are theater of the mind to manifest into stone cold reality. Again I know it sounds like pure bullshit, but, at least for me these words are the real deal! I kept asking the sprits of the universe for a second chance and if given it I'd always do the right thing by being a positive life force while on earth. Again, my guiding light through that time period was my affirmation and I wouldn't veer to the left or the right of attaining it. Honestly there were days I felt so defeated, it would be a week or two of pure hell before I found the strength to right myself back in the saddle. To give you an idea of my train of thought during that ordeal, when I received the call from Kip about working for Guy at the 1983 US festival I thought this was a karma cock tease. But, when Larue called a few days later and offered me the Kenny Loggins gig, I knew all my dirty deeds had been exonerated

Second chances are so important in the game of life and not allowing a person to redeem themselves doesn't make sense when that person is genuine about redemption. I'm sure if you look at your own life there are some dark or grey situations you'd like a second chance at changing. A word to the wise, if you're ever in a position to give someone that opportunity, do it, because, it's the right thing to do! I'm not saying everyone deserves a second chance, do it, only if the person is looking to right their wrong and again truly redeem themselves with the sprits of our universe.

The reality of doing the US festival and going out on the road with Larue had me on the purest natural high one can muster up. I looked at Larue as a brother and was thrilled we'd be working together again. He and I had been best friends since high school and if it wasn't for him I wouldn't have been a concert merchandiser. Larue was always upbeat about life and knew how to party with the best of them. All the sudden the summer of 1983 was shaping up to be one splendid grand reentry and I started getting big time road fever. I'd become so addicted to life on the road that I needed a fix in the worst way!

So, after a half a year of being in dry dock and nailing up aluminum siding all winter long my faith in myself had been restored. I took a moment and gave thanks for the second chance I was about to receive, and that my rock & Roll odyssey was set back in motion. I'd learned my lesson well and from that point on I told myself, and to this day, always stay on the right side of things. I sure as hell wasn't looking to repeat that negative episode of history ever again!

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