Where "A Good Love" Began

A behind the scenes reflection on the inspiration for my spoken jazz recording.

The reflection begins here.
Read it. Hear it. Experience it.

There was a time in my life when love felt like a finish line. Something I needed to reach to feel complete.

I remember getting tired.
Tired of dating disappointments.
Tired of connections that looked right, but left me feeling drained.

So I did something many people do when they are ready for something real.

I got intentional.

I had read that if you visualize your dream partner, you can bring them into your life.
So I got specific. Very specific.

I wrote it all down.

The look. The height. The complexion.
Eyes that pulled you in.
A voice that could melt tension like butter on a jazz night.
Well mannered. Stylish. Effortlessly cool.

I had my blueprint. And like clockwork, the universe delivered.

Someone who checked every box. Every single one.

But there was one thing I didn’t ask for.

A good love.

And that changed everything.

Because while the physical was there, the heart was not. It didn’t know how to care for mine.

That experience shifted something in me. It made me realize something I had never fully understood before.

Not all love is good love.

Some love looks right, but feels wrong.
Some love starts strong, but cannot sustain.
Some love asks you to shrink, to adjust, to perform.

And then there is a different kind of love.

The kind that doesn’t arrive loudly.
The kind that doesn’t require you to chase it.
The kind that doesn’t leave you questioning where you stand.

That is what inspired this piece.

A Good Love.

This piece lives within my spoken jazz collection, Reflections in the Rhythm of Life, a spoken jazz journey where poetry meets groove and late night truths find their soundtrack.