“…if people skimp on their inner work, their outer work will suffer as well.” Parker J. Palmer
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“…if people skimp on their inner work, their outer work will suffer as well.” Parker J. Palmer
Firefighting.
or
Seed planting.
If Monday got the best of you today, think farm not fire tomorrow.
Episode 4: The instruments make our music and our music writes our story.
This week we discuss the journey to finding and gathering the instruments that make our music, Tony Hsieh and his book Delivering Happiness, and the music of The Villagers.
You can find this week’s podcast in iTunes by clicking here.
Godspeed in your music making.
Book: Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh – CEO Zappos.
Music: The Villagers
Link to The Villagers on Spotify.
Lyrics from The Villagers song, Courage
Do you really wanna know,
About these lines on my face?
Well, each and every one is testament to
All the mistakes I’ve had to make
To find courage
It’s a feeling like no other
Let me tell you, yeah
Courage
In harmony with something other than your ego
Courage
The sweet belief of knowing nothing comes for free
For free…
Courage
It’s a feeling like no other
Let me tell you, yeah
Courage
And harmony with something other than your ego
Courage
The sweet belief of knowing nothing comes for free
May you hear the questions of the universe this week. May you hear the flower’s petals ask if you if you’re in bloom. May you have the courage to respond. May you hear the mountain invite you to come climb. May you find the courage to start the climb. May you seek to find those instruments that were originally poured into you. May you find the courage to pour them back out, to contribute, and to make the world around you a better place.
Pause by the orchid. Listen to the bluebird sing. Be love.
This is the warning on every metaphor we can hold.
It’s almost countercultural to even speak about the slow, the steady, the time, the patience, and the persistence that is required in what we would cling to as beautiful.
What the world sees is this.
What really happens is this.
Most often to let the music play, you can’t simply just hit ‘play’, you have to let it unfold , till the soil, romance the instruments, and let time do its thing.
And it’s in this unfolding where true reward is found.
Ashton.Gustafson 