Make the best of what's around indeed

A few days back, I made my FaceBook status "Turns out not where but who you're with that really matters". It's one of my favorite lines of a Dave Matthews Band song, "Best of What's Around". The song is one of my favorites, because of the message that I take away from it. I don't want to say "the message in the song", because I think that's up to the listener; we take from it what we need. And in this case, this is one of the DMB songs that helps me relax, and get back to Level 1. Here are the lyrics that strike a chord with me everytime I hear them:

Turns out not where but who you're with
That really matters
And hurts not much when you're around
And if you hold on tight
To what you think is your thing
You may find you're missing all the rest

(Note: Level 1 is something I totally just made up, but I'm going to use to describe the state in which I am back to basics, forgetting the drama, and remembering how blessed and lucky I am)

The song actually ties in to our church message from yesterday as well, which was (in very short form): "Spend the best minutes of your life with those who love you, and will truly miss you when you're gone". The idea obviously is to give your family the best minutes of your life, which (sadly) is a message that many of us have to be reminded of sometimes. Anyway, the tie-in that I saw was the line that I mentioned above: it doesn't matter where you are, so much as who you are with when you're there.

The other part that jumps out at me are the last 3 lines of the quoted lyrics above. Sometimes I find myself holding on to things I think are important, only to find out that my priorities are all jacked up. So, I have to unjack them, and get back to the aforementioned, and completely made-up, Level 1. (I wanted to use Ground Zero, but that's got an entirely different meaning now. So, that seemed like a bad idea). Then I'm able to take a look around, and see that I'm actually insanely lucky, way more so than I have a right to be. That's when I make the best of what's around.

The viday-o