So, if you’re stuck in traffic tomorrow, or your boss sends a passive-aggressive email, remember Rod at Glastonbury. Imagine him in his velvet suit, complaining about the mud and asking for a plunger. It puts things in perspective.
Life is messy, like a Glastonbury field after a crowd. The toilets flood, the food runs out, and your carefully planned outfit gets ruined by a sudden downpour. But if you can joke about it—especially joke about it—you’ve already won.
Rod Stewart didn’t say anything world-changing. He said something world-relating. He reminded 100,000 muddy people that we’re all just trying to have a good time, fix the plumbing, and find a place to sit down. And sometimes, that’s the best thing you can say.
