Walk with me here.
Take 5 globs of different colored play-doh.
And let’s name them the colors of health, relationships, passion, growth, and contribution.
Now take those five colors and roll them into the shape of a ball.
Notice the marbling?
You’re staring at the ideal metaphor of what you want your days to look and feel like.
Four words: now go do that.
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.
Howdy.
In this week’s podcast we venture into a discussion on presence, being in and a part of your moments, participating in and along with spring’s bloom, and much much more.
Also, the podcast is now officially in iTunes and you can subscribe by clicking here.
Godspeed in your music making and may we all continue to grow our capacities so that we can hold more of the next experience.
Show notes:
Quote: As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. Marianne Williamson
Quote (didn’t make it into the podcast): When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you’re waiting on the elevator – instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence. Elkhart Tolle
Ekhart Tolle’s book, The Power of Now.
Follow Brynn Gustafson @ https://instagram.com/brynngustafson/
Musical Artist this week that we looked at was David Ramirez. Please give his record a spin by clicking here.
Benediction:
May you be here.
May you be in and with the questions of your children.
May you be in and with the needs of those you serve.
May you be in and with the moments of those that God has given you to experience this place with.
May your eye catch and hold the explosions of the bloom in spring.
And May your soul find the courage to listen and answer the flower’s question, ‘are you in bloom?’
There are many, but THE CHOICE that will predict the experience that is heard, felt, and seen and the story that unfolds with you and your music will you be whether you choose to be an artist or whether you choose karaoke.
Here, this is free. Did you know that karaoke is two Japanese words put together: empty (kara) and oke (orchestra)?
You can be an empty orchestra or a full symphony.
Your choice.
And this choice makes ALL the DIFFERENCE in your world and the world of others.
Ashton.Gustafson 