SUNDAY WISDOM
I want to share a true story about a man I am very fond of. His music is very simple and clear, yet resonates somewhere deep inside. His name was Eden-Ahbez and he wrote the great song “Nature Boy”. Eden lived under the Hollywood sign eating nuts and berries back in the 1940’s. He walked around Hollywood in a long, thin robe. He was a hippy and beatnik before there were such things. Even the great Tom Waits ran into Eden hitchhiking and felt something from the man.
One day Eden was stopped by a street cop on Hollywood Blvd. The Cop said, “Hey, you can’t walk around wearing that”.
Eden replied, “I know…I know I’m weird on the outside, but do you see all these good people walking from store to store, driving in their cars from town to town, sitting on benches just waiting? They’re all weird on the inside.”
The Cop thought a moment, then said, “You know what, bub. You’re right”. And he let Eden go.
Check out his album, “Eden’s Island”. Let me know what you think.
December 18th, 2005 at 6:27 pm
I never heard of Eden until now. He sounds like an honest man.
Someone who tried to live a peaceful live.
Yeah, sometimes people judge a book by its cover. Too bad, I mean… all we gotta do, really, is take a second of our time to open a wornout book and read. Ya never know, it just might take ya to another world. When our library sells old books I buy-em.
All for One…