That was by far the number one song during our performance yesterday with the RedFoxBlues band. The yearly two-day strategy-meeting was in the castle around the corner from our house. This was a great opportunity for me to meet my RFB colleagues and get a total kick out of playing in a band again.

For Jenn it was one of the first times she saw me playing on stage and she, of course, turned out be a great groupie. She managed to get the male public dancing and turned it into a real party. No photos available since everyone went completely crazy.

This boosted my energy. I made so many endorphins that I forgot all about time, place and carrying a disease. During my solo in Sympathy for the devil I was gone for a moment. I saw everyone yelling at me, but I only heard the music. I was totally in it, hidden behind my sunglasses. You won’t be surprised that in the end I had to be carried home, haha.

Tired and very satisfied I ended up in bed, way too late. I laid there bouncing on the rhythm of the songs that we just had played. ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ we even played twice. ‘Make friends with your enemy’. There was a meaning behind this title, very much in line with my last blog entry about ‘allowing’ the cancer to stay in my house, but never let him kick me out. I have been fighting (negative energy) against my disease for months and since a few weeks I slowly start to realize that using positive energy will be much more effective.

Forgiving your enemy is tough but very releasing. Being mad at someone is something inside yourself not in the other person. He might treat you a certain way that you don’t like, but it is your own choice if you let your feelings be hurt. Often being hurt has to do with things that happened in the past. But you’re not a history book, you are living now. If you are able to really catch the moment, you will not be judgmental and you will be completely open-minded to all possibilities and opinions that are created around you. And you will take them as they are.

Having sympathy for the cancer freed me up. Playing ‘Sympathy for the devil’ got me stoned.

Again a day I will never forget.

Joost

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