Well… I’m taking some time this week to work on this song. Big shock right? Well it is another effort that is growing from the seeds of the lyrics provided by my brother and it sort of is designed to bring back memories of a simpler time.
I suppose there was a simpler time and I suppose there were some more complicated times than right now too. For example, during some of the great world epidemics those had to be pretty complicated times and pretty scary.
Anyway thinking about the past and the future I wandered down the path of wondering “have i already had the best day of my life? Well hell I didn’t keep a chart. Like I know I remember some good things that happened on certain days. However, what happened five Tuesdays ago compared to what might happen four Saturdays from now? Really? Why did i ask myself that question about my best days ever?
What I think is we have a need to sort things out and compare them to each other. Seth Godin or #sethgodin for those who want to get some good info quickly talks about this sorting process and so do many social observers. They seem to be on target when they observe we as creatures display an need to do this and yet it may not be that useful.
Now i took this sorting idea and this comparison idea and started rolling it around in my head. Some questions emerged.
Like… When the Fifth Symphony came out were there people in the street saying “Oh you think that opera we saw last week was good? You should hear this new symphony…the fifth I think… so what was wrong with the fourth? And when that symphony went to the top of the charts—what was at number two? Did the composer of that spend the rest of their life wondering about their self worth because they never topped that one? Or instead did they say to themselves….”wow that’s the best thing I’ve ever done and I am glad so many people enjoy it?
I guess what I’m getting at is how much time to we worry about becoming the bestow better at something that we might enjoy greatly, however, because we compare our effort to someone else we kill all the peace of joy the heck out of that activity? How many seeds do we leave unplanted because we are afraid the trees they might grow won’t be the tallest or provide the best fruit. What if they weren’t supposed to be the trees that provided fruit but the trees that were easier for kids to climb and they provided great shade for picnics… but we were thinking fruit so we didn’t plant the seed?
In the end I will make you all a deal. If you can believe that what i’m doing is to make myself better…but no better than you… I will do the same and thence might be able to help each other find peace and joy in our own growth.
Have I had the best day of my life? Not yet…but I’m working on it LOL….
Be kind to yourselves, be critical of yourselves…tha’s your call but don’t use me as a yard stick or thermometer.
and get out there and plant some seeds today!
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