“Why is it so hard to do what you want?”
There is nothing more certain in this world than, the more you do something to elevate your station in life the more resistance you’ll feel. Why is it when one chases a dream, or tries to better their situation, something (or someone) comes along to smack the cookies out of your hand? The only answer that can be acceptable is that humans, by nature, long for destruction. Maybe not consciously, but think about it: Why do we slow down to look at car wreck? Why do we sometimes watch televised racing for the crashes? Why would we somehow secretly enjoy watching something burn to the ground? Is it because from destruction comes rebirth? The collision brings the repair?

Science or Saivism, there is value in destruction, and in this case destruction of those walls that keep us from realizing our potential. Sages and such would tell us to surrender our dreams and aspirations and stop fighting for what we want in our lives. If we surrender our will and just let what is going to happen happen, then our dreams will be realized. I don’t know if I agree with that or not. I think, that when we start a new project or chase a new idea, if it weren’t for some resistance wherever we are going wouldn’t be worth it anyway. “Oh that? That was easy.” Booorrrring!

I’ll take the tears, Thank You.
For a few weeks I have been outside my comfort zone. In the process of building this future “empire”. The dream is this: To have a place to catalogue my efforts in the music business. More succinctly, to build an independent record label called Supernormal Records. I have bumped my head on every step of the process and at times I’d like to put my fist through the computer monitor. But, just today I started thinking about this: Tears whether real or theoretical play some role in defining this dream.

Tears Distill the Dream.
The challenges and hardships found along the way in chasing your ambitions mold the ‘dream’ into a more perfect form. Creating is one of the most difficult things to do, but, also, it is one of the most rewarding things we can do. And sometimes that reward is never recognized because we let the ‘walls’ defeat the ‘dream’. In Taoism there is a concept called Wu Wei it is best described as akin to the action of water. Water is all pervasive, it can traverse any obstacle, but it may take more time to seep through a brick wall than a piece of cloth. I guess one could ask themselves: is my dream as big as a brick wall, or, as feeble as a piece of cloth. If you dream big brother it takes time to seep to the other side. I am the water man! I’ll get through these obstacles, and if they slow me down, then, well, that’s the speed of this dream I guess.

Please check back often for new developments on www.SupernormalRecords.com. As the walls fall you’ll get it all. Keep dreaming.

- Tyler Christensen