If It Wasn’t For The Wind

Today’s Sunday Song: If It Wasn’t For The Wind

David Olney had that fatal description - the songwriter’s songwriter. So you probably haven’t heard of him.

But he had a songwriting career, and a reputation among his peers, and his life ended while playing on stage. There are different measures for “success”, but that sounds like a success to my ears.

But I think the word “success” in most ways we use it, is generally a very unhelpful measure. It rarely leads to any kind of contentment or sense of fulfilment.

Unless, that is, we remove the option of comparison with others from the equation.