“’cuz thoughts in your mind are yours to decide…
to shape and define the light that you shine.”
I wrote those words more than a decade ago in my song “Until the Bliss”. Back then, I didn’t fully understand why they mattered so much to me. I just knew I felt something real inside them.
Over time, life has a way of testing your definitions.
The world constantly tells people who they should be.
How they should work.
What success should look like.
What’s acceptable to say.
What dreams are practical.
What parts of themselves should stay hidden.
And somewhere in the middle of all that noise, many people slowly disconnect from their own light.
Not because they’re weak.
Because life is loud.
But eventually, many of us reach a moment where we have to decide:
Will we continue shaping ourselves around outside expectations… or will we begin defining ourselves from the inside out?
That process changes relationships. It changes creativity. It changes business. It changes everything.
That’s why another lyric from “Until the Bliss” still resonates with me today:
“Some folks will be drawn, others think that I’m wrong.”
That line wasn't written from bitterness. It was written from observation.
Authenticity creates reactions.
Some people recognize themselves in your signal. Others don’t understand it at all. And maybe that’s okay.
Music has always been more than entertainment to me. It’s transmission, connection to the divine within … prayer A way to process the tension between survival and meaning… between fitting in and becoming real.
That’s also why I believe independent art matters in this world now, more than ever.
The songs people carry with them through difficult seasons… the films that help someone feel seen… the creative spaces where human beings reconnect with themselves… those things have value far beyond algorithms and trends.
So this transmission is for:
* the people rebuilding themselves quietly,
* the creatives learning to trust their own voice,
* the business owners exhausted by performative culture,
* the dreamers still trying to create something meaningful in a practical world,
* and the people who know there has to be more to life than simply going through the motions.
Maybe defining your own light doesn’t mean having all the answers.
Maybe it simply means refusing to abandon the part of yourself that feels most alive.
“Until the Bliss” was produced and released over a decade ago and is still available on streaming platforms worldwide.
If this transmission resonates with your experience, I’d love to hear your perspective.
Have you ever felt pulled between who the world expected you to be… and who you actually are?
Share your experience in the comments.
'tude Vox Ro, Gen-Ray Records