karaoke superstars

loneliness... "more people live alone in this country than ever before. in 1950, only 10 percent of households consisted of just one person, but by 1994, 24 percent of households had only one person--which means that 12 percent of the adult population lives alone. a 1990 Gallup poll found that more than 36 percent of americans say they are lonely". -- cecile andrews

ask people when they sing... i guarentee that they will answer, "in the car or in the shower"-- for the most part. ask them when they dance... well in some instututions the answer is "we don't dance" but if they do dance, they do it alone in their living room. here are basic human activities that people have done throughout history as a source of joy and community, and it has almost totally disappeared from our lives as the become individualized.

in this society needing others tends to be stigmatized as a sign of weakness. when we need we become vulnerable and less independent (oh no!). independence is doing wonders for the US...

as for those that are needed, do you ever feel like you must have something very signicant to offer to attain such a position of value? maybe instead of loving because you need, its more of a needing because you love. i hope so. if you know you are loved then i think you're needed too, at least on a personal level-- now at a business level... i do not know...

"when life seems chaotic, you don't need people giving you easy answers or cheap promises. there might not be any answers to you problems. what you need is a safe place where you can bounce with people who have taken some bad hops of their own."
--anonymous

hm.