Unusual changes

Never had a come-down like it. Exhaustion and then illness. Normally a huge show has the recompense of singing and performing for the next 20 days which re-fills my pot, but here the safety net was different and I blindly fell into an abyss of gloom. Luckily my attention span is short, so my abyss moment lasted about 8 hours before emerging just a bit ill. An unusual upshot of all this work, is extra listening...or maybe I was just too tired to jump in like I normally do....but back in the bar, folks would reel out a long sentence, pile through a long drinks list, but rather than me interrupt, I just waited and then asked questions.... to my surprise, people responded with warmth, I was tipped, thanked, smiled at.... how extraordinary... my previous thought was being efficient....jumping in quick to ask details....but no, people want to be listened to, not 'corrected'. Listen, wow... life changes in unusual ways.