Dot: Life Doesn’t Start Later
What Roger Waters taught me — even though I didn’t know who he was.
A friend in recovery sent me a quote from a guy named Roger Waters.
I’ll be honest — I couldn’t have picked him out of a lineup.
Apparently, he’s a music legend. Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon.
I didn’t grow up on it, I didn’t vibe with it — and I don’t think that matters.
Because the quote hit me square in the soul:
“I suddenly realized that life was already happening … that life wasn’t going to start later, but that it (life) starts at dot (meaning ‘right now’), and that it happens all the time. And that, at any point, you can grasp the reins, and start guiding your own destiny. And that was a great revelation to me — I mean it came as quite a shock.”
That’s the moment of recovery.
The moment of return.
The “oh crap” and “thank God” all at once.
Because I’ve spent way too many days thinking life — real life — would begin later.
Later, after the chaos settled.
Later, after I lost the weight.
Later, when I was spiritually fit, emotionally even, or no longer ashamed.
But the truth is:
Life already started.
Recovery already started.
God already showed up.
And when I’m standing around waiting to “feel ready,”
I’m missing the only moment I’ve actually got — dot.
That little word shook me.
Dot.
The point of origin.
The now.
Not the future fantasy version of my life — but the rough, raw, slightly dented one I’m in.
That’s where the grace lives.
So no, I’m not a Roger Waters fan.
But I am a fan of truth.
And this was truth:
I don’t have to wait to return.
I just have to take the reins.
At dot.
⸻
Reflection Prompt:
Where in your life or recovery are you still waiting for things to “start”?
What would it look like to start now — at dot — even if it’s messy?
⸻
Still…
Still not a Pink Floyd guy.
Still not waiting for life to start.
Still showing up at dot —
shaky hands, open heart, one moment at a time.
DeeBo