Here's to the Peacelings

With all the talk of the spiritual revolution that I have been undergoing lately, I am drawn to a post that honors just some of the greatest Peacelings that ever lived. Yes, I just went ahead and made up my own word. Peaceling. I think the Peacelings out there are those that have helped our world open up to the idea of a revolution that can only happen through love.

I only began to be truly interested in 60's and 70's music about a few years ago. I've mentioned before that I actually went through phases on and off where I really didn't listen to music much - it was a purposeful choice that I made because I just would not allow myself to feel some of the things that music made me feel. When I started to find my way back from...wherever it was I went all those years...I found hippie music. That't just what I call it. It includes lots of genres really, but when I hear anything that speaks of love, freedom, or revolution, that is what I call hippie music.

My step-sister, who is fifteen years younger than me, was actually the one that got me into the Beatles in the first place. She's a really special woman. She's a free spirit and a wise soul if I ever met one. I have learned a lot from her. She shared all of her Beatles music with me, and I truly think that was what made me begin listening to music again, and when hippie music became a huge part of my life.

I mean, I was always drawn to hippie culture, but when I was in my second year of college is when I realized it, and that was during my long "low music" phase.

The more I have begun to listen to Pink Floyd and Bob Marley, Lennon and the Beatles, and Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, the more I opened up my soul to a full existence. Even in the "low music years" I was drawn to folk, but somehow, this time, I just really let it all in. I'll never go back to that place where I denied what I felt, who I was, and my journey. Many thanks to all the Peacelings whose songs have helped me with the early steps in my spiritual revolution.

~ Peace and Love, Tracey

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