Interrupted Flight

My wife and I were on our way out to Minnesota to spend a week on Lake Koronis with her extended family. As we have for the past couple of years we stop and stayed in Bismarck, ND on the way out. Helena is not very big and doesn’t have much for shopping. So one thing that she really likes to do on the way out there is stop and look for a new swimming suit. So Friday night, the same weekend of the HBI Summer Gathering, I find myself in a Kohl’s in Bismarck, ND searching through a never ending sea of racks of clothing and more importantly swim suits.

I normally try to take of advantage of these situations by scanning other people in the store and generally just feeling everything out. This there were very few people around and I was bored to tears. My wife was on her second trip to the dressing room and I was leaning up against a wall near by listening to the elevator music over the store speakers. Then out of no where a song that I know very well comes on, words and all. It was Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel. It brought a huge smile to me face and my heart. I closed my eyes and thanked the universe for the gift. I felt a warm glowing buzz come over me and my thought shifted the summer gathering and how I wished I was there.

Then I was hit with a rush of energy and I wasn’t standing in the store anymore. I was floating somewhere unknown to me, basking in a warm loving energy, and being carried by a very loud and strong tone. I had for the most part for gotten where my body was until I was reminded by my wife when she got out of the dressing room.

It took awhile to come completely back down. I had the strong buzzing energy and tone in my ears for at least the next hour.

That night I was laying in bed in our hotel room reflecting on the experience. I couldn’t help but feel that I missed out on taking the experience further. If I had been better prepared I feel like I could have gone anywhere from that point.

To say the least that song holds a whole new feeling to me.

Click Here to download or listen to Eric Pepin explain what the lyrics of Solsbury Hill mean to him.