Everyone wants to feel that high. Some people feel it all the time, some only once and others have yet to discover the eye-opening clarity it brings. I'm talking about that high that makes you feel on top of the world like nothing else matters. It's the high that makes you believe that everything you've done up to that point had a purpose like nothing was wasted. The greatest thing in life is to be able to find your high and continue to be able to relive and feel that moment over and over again, though for some that feeling only comes once. It only takes one time, though, one great high, to make you feel important, loved, like you have purpose, to make you feel just in general which people nowadays have grown numb and accustomed too.
You can't coast through life with feeling nothing, with just being. I mean you could, but what kind of life is that? People want to be more than “just being.” They want to feel like they have a purpose in this world; everyone does, it's just hard to discover for some. That's okay though because one day you'll find that high and you'll never want to come down. It only takes one time, one good high, to be able to grab onto that feeling of purpose which will make you strive to always reach your potential.
For me it's music. No, I'm not talking about being on stage performing in front of thousands of people, though that would be crazy cool. I'm talking about photography and music journalism. The moment those lights drop and the backtrack to a song starts playing I get overwhelmed in the best way possible. I have three songs to get the best shot I can possibly get before I'm kicked out of the pit to try to find the band for an interview and it is a rush, let me tell you. The feeling I get when I'm doing my things at concerts compares to no other. I'm convinced this is what being in true love feels like and I refuse to marry someone until they give me the same butterfly high feelings as music does.
My family ad friends ask me to explain it and I really can't I don't know why photography is my muse but it is and that's okay with me. The satisfaction I get from looking over my pictures after the show, the feeling I get when they get published, it's absolutely amazing. It makes me feel like I have my shit together, even if it's just for a moment. I'll take moments over nothing at all.
One day you'll find your life high and it'll be better than any type of drug you could ever take. Get ready.
