I frequently fantastize about a mythical ‘ideal life’ with no errors or challenges.
One day I lost my car-key on Salthill beach. In the process of trying to recover it, people were really kind to me: total strangers kept an eye out for it on their walks, someone helped me look through seaweed for hours, the Gardaí came and helped me break into my car, and my mother drove me home to get my spare key. When I first realised I’d lost my key I was stressed and frustrated, but the helpfulness of strangers and loved ones turned an initially crappy experience, into a relatively happy one! I found out how lovely humans can be; I learnt how to react well in a crisis; I developed a new-found appreciation for the boys in blue; I had a laugh; I got a LOT of exercise; and I got to spend time with my Mom. I deliberately crafted this tune to work in both a minor and major key, and I wrote it to metaphorically redefine an ‘ideal life’ for myself: a life where I admit and accept the inevitable errors and challenges that arrive, and meet them as best I can, with the help of others.