Meaning of the blog title

For those of you wondering what my blog title means, they are words from one of my favorite songs: "No Rest for the Weary" by Blue Scholars. The line goes, "So check the work ethic and the name, the lesson's my change but the essence of the message is the same."

I love that line because it's so true and perfectly reflects our shared humanity across the globe. Everywhere you go in this world you experience different cultures, meet new and interesting people, and engage in activities or see images so foreign to your worldview that sometimes it just blows your mind. Yet, although the lessons (i.e. those experiences, those people, those places, those activities) might change from place to place, the essence of the message (i.e. the intrinsic, indispensable, qualities that make us who were are), never changes...it's the same. We're all trying to get a hold of the basic elements for life (food, water, and shelter), we're all trying to ensure a better future for our progeny - our children, we're all trying to stay healthy, we're all trying to live lives free of tyranny and oppression, and even if we live as oppressed peoples, we try to live that narrow life to it's fullest.

Human beings are incredible creatures, and this song just speaks to our spirit, and the hope that we hold so deeply within us in the toughest of times - the spark that keeps us going despite all of life's troubles. "There's no rest for the weary, just another day grinding up stones til they turn into dust." Let's stay on our grind until that day when we won't have to grind no more.

Peace.