Today is July 27, 2012.
Your successes and your failures today are all a byproduct of action in your previous days.
Success is your responsibility.
Happenstance is a lie.
Luck is only a reality to those that are fluent in laziness.
You didn’t get here by chance.
You did this.
Own it.
Tomorrow’s success is contingent on today’s action.
We are the only thing that keeps us from taking our music to the next level.
Not content with your music today?
Find a mirror and figure it out.
Noise that I speak of on this blog is basically the aftermath of unnoticed, mundane, getting by on getting by, average, just enough to break even, everyday, routine actions.
Notice that noise is not necessarily bad – and that is why we typically settle there. Noise is safe. Noise floats the lazy river. Noise is Groundhog Day kind of life.
Music, on the other hand, requires musicianship, multiple instruments, all instruments tuned, all instruments in the same key, all musicians and instruments in communication, creativity, rhythm, imagination, practice, sore fingers, sore throats, and time…lots of time.
If your taking account of your life on the Noise/Music scale, and noise is outweighing the music, question your bravery.
It’s bravery that takes the stage,
it’s bravery that grabs the mic,
it’s bravery that writes the poem,
its’ bravery that gives the poem,
it’s bravery that chooses to walk-on,
it’s bravery that creates the future,
it’s bravery that launches the website or business,
it’s bravery that starts a band,
it’s bravery that starts a book,
it’s bravery that loves the family,
it’s bravery that moves to Broadway without lead role,
it’s bravery that serves the church,
it’s bravery that changes the world,
and it’s bravery that lets the music play.
Who am I?
What am I here to do?
When is my deadline to do it?
Where will I go to do it?
How should I do it?
Why should I do it?
There are no books, sermons, pep talks, fortune cookies, or people who can answer these questions for you.
Only you can.
That’s the beauty of it.
That’s how crucial and significant you are in the story that is unfolding.
This thing can’t happen without you.
The movie has been cast and you are the lead role.
Action.
One of the bedrock rules of kindergarten is back: share.
Your social media platform will not succeed without sharing.
Your mentorship with a young lad is contingent on the sharing of your hard knock knowledge.
Your business will thrive with the information it shares.
Share. Then share some more.
Rest assured, you will get more than you give.
Alas, in this brave new world you are what you share.
Ashton.Gustafson 