4 facts to ponder…
Think of what we miss when we don’t commit, don’t offer to serve, don’t act on the idea that flashed in our beings, and don’t love what we do.
The road to life is a disciplined life…Proverbs 10:17
Let’s dissect this.
1) There is a road that leads to life.
2) That road is called Disciplined Drive.
3) There are not multiple roads that lead to life.
4) The road is open to the public…not a tollway.
I’ve met many travelers that burn their tires down this road daily. These travelers are my heroes. They are:
Daily we arrive at the stoplight intersection of Disorganized Street and Disciplined Road.
Straight leads to noise, but a right turn leads to music.
Go ahead. You can turn right on red.
In 4th grade I can recall hours and hours of class time devoted to something called the T.A.A.S. test. This was (or is) the standardized test given to different age levels throughout the Texas public school system to grade one’s “aptitudes” up to this point.
The big deal of the T.A.A.S. test (or what I was convinced was the big deal) was the writing part of the exam. We were convinced this was such a big deal and so stressful that the teachers would make us stress relievers to squeeze and teach us yoga-like, meditating breathing techniques to use during this writing part of the exam. I was 10 years old, mind you.
To this day I can remember the Golden Rules we learned for writing on this exam.
And now I’m unlearning what was required to be meditated on…
Less can be more. Big words sound fake. The right words won’t need adjectives.
What would happen if more 10-year-old fingers touched pianos prior to holding the pen?
I think the music would start to unfold in both scenarios.
God, The Great Photographer, has made you lense-like.
He points you at things to unveil that which is not seen with the naked eye.
You can capture poetry in the midst of chaos.
You can grab music within a bunch of noise.
It’s your job to click and share the poetry and music.
We are anxiously awaiting the results from your aperture exposure.
Charlie Tremendous Jones said, “The only difference between where you are now, and where you’ll be next year, are the books you read and the people you meet.”
In other words, success will be found in shaking more hands with your paper cut fingers.
It is people and ideas that hold the melody to the music you will be (or won’t be) making 12 months from now.
Ashton.Gustafson 