I am a hippie.

For years now I've been called a hippie. I have never really sat down and thought about why people call me this but for the most part I've accepted it as truth. Sitting here now, however, I can see how people can make this broad generalization. To begin with, I've got longer hair than most other guys at my age. Not so bad, I think it looks good and that's all that matters. Secondly, I am an extremely easy-going person. The late Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band <> wrote in his song "Blue Sky", walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on flowing, it don't care about where it's going. This happens to be one of my basic outlooks on life. I am ready to have a good time, and I'll end up wherever the flow takes me. I believe in the power of music. If you've ever seen a hippie music festival, one of the things they do is say something like "this show is going to change the world." I, for one, think that music and its ideals have the ability to inspire and allow people to see how much more there is to life than what they think. Also, to go along with the hippie stereotype, I love to play the guitar, acoustic is good stuff and I've definately sat around a campfire, eaten smores, and played the guitar. This is the ultimate hippie stereotype. Although I don't think anyone is deserving of a single label that makes them everything that they are, I've come to accept a generalized stereotype that I am a hippie and proud of it.