You’re supposed to be you.
You’re supposed to dream the way you dream.
You’re supposed create the way you’re creative.
No cover music.
Just give us you.
That’s only gift you can give us that will reciprocate with the fulfillment you’re after.
In three weeks, you’ll get to look back at what you said you would do in 2013 and you’ll get to look ahead and say what you’re going to do in 2014.
If we don’t know where we’re going, there’s no telling where we’ll go.
If you want to love a year, obsess over a day, grind out the hours, and be present in the minutes.
One day can change a year and change a life.
There’s time left.
If at all possible give altruism a role in the music you make.
Success in parenting is clothed with altruism.
Success in relationships and friendships is colored with altruism.
Success in marriage is bonded with altruism.
And ‘good business’ is what we say when we exchange altruism for a profit.
Altruism. A word we should ponder and pursue more often in the themes, feelings, and vibes within the music made of our days.
The world’s arms are open wide for such a cause.
…to say ‘yes’ to now.
…to say ‘no’ to more stuff.
…to say ‘yes’ to today.
…to stay true to your core.
…to not be swooned by the trend.
…to create value.
…to create, lead, and design a life to mean something.
…for a business to romance its niche.
…to hear your inner-voice over the world’s noise.
…to start.
…to grow.
…to change.
…to love.
…to be brave.
…to leave it all on the field.
Battles seem to be the overwhelming theme of the stories we can’t get enough of.
They are the maps between our wants and what we have.
We all want a story, but we tend to avoid the battle get it.
Can’t have one without the other.
Can you locate your fulfillment?
Can you name the geocodes for your purpose?
Where do you go to make your art?
What’s the place look like that makes you sing?
There.
You.
Go.
Ashton.Gustafson 