ROLLING ALONG

ROLLING ALONG

     Armand and Angelina, two truly delightful, metaphysically inclined, musical friends, spent the night at our house earlier this week, as they have a few times before. These wonderful, wandering minstrels were passing through San Antonio on yet another 6-week tour through Texas and New Mexico, which is just a fraction of the 225 days that they will have spent away from their home in Orlando, Florida this year (down from 250 last year!).

 

ON THE ROAD

     I've had the good the fortune to befriend scores of professional troubadours like them over the past forty years of being in the entertainment business, but these two are unique in the extent to which they've managed to maintain a loving, committed relationship while working, playing and staying so close to each, year after year. Lots of couples try it for a while, but few manage to last very long when the miles and trials of the road-warrior lifestyle start piling up, multiplied by the creative pressures that any two working artists would tend to encounter.

 

ON A ROLL

     But, fifteen years after they first met and began performing together, Armand and Angelina are still deeply in love with each other, and truly enjoy crisscrossing the country, sharing their musical messages of harmony, hope and heart-centered living via their elaborately-staged and highly-energized performance style.

     Zet and I have had many such professional travellers stay in our home over the years, and while we've enjoyed all of them, Armand and Angelina have an unusual practice which makes them particularly easy and welcome houseguests:  they always bring their own bedding.

 

IN A ROLL

     Because they travel in a mini-van and often stay in a number of different homes and/or hotel rooms in any given week, they've developed an amazingly quick and efficient system of making any bedroom feel like "home."  Upon arriving at their new room for the night, they immediately strip, fold and store whatever linens their hosts have provided, and replace them by unrolling a big bundle containing their own queen-size sheets, blankets and pillows. Then, when it's time to leave, they simply remove and re-roll their bedding, and replace the host's clean sheets, leaving the room neat as a pin and ready for the next guest. Not only does this make life easier on their hosts, but also this technique helps the couple feel more "at home" wherever they go.

 

THAT'S MY ROLE

     In doing so, they not only demonstrated a handy travel tip, but also reminded me that it's possible to feel at home wherever I am, by simply taking a few minutes to "unroll" the free flow of Spirit that travels with me everywhere. Of course, that's easier said than done, but that doesn't make it any less possible or powerful. Thanks for the reminder, Armand and Angelina - and Happy Trails!

 

With joy and blessings, wherever your Holiday Season travels may take you,

    Rudi