As much as we may think music about the musician, it’s not about him or her.
When we make our music we find ourself in an experience full of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. Simultaneously, we’re giving a gift to the world.
Imagine a joy so unexplainable that it spills over and gives joy to those who encounter it.
That is what happens when we make our music. We swap joy.
Giving > Receiving.
Remember elementary school? Remember the golden rule of raising your hand?
Well, good news, you no longer have to raise your hand for permission to do something, ask a question, or make a statement.
In this new (and what appears here to stay) economy you just need to start the doing, the questioning, and the statement making.
We used to fear raising our hand for one of two reasons: we were afraid of what the teacher’s reaction would be or we were afraid of what our classmates would say behind our back.
Now, with hand raising no longer in the rule book, the fear lies in starting something great, asking great questions, and making a great statement.
The resistance will pour you a glass of fear to drink if there’s any chance of you making or doing something great and worthwhile.
Three things:
1) Starting is step one and must happen for step two to occur. Talking about step ten will never make starting step 1 easier. Just do it.
2) Questions > Answers.
3) The statement I’m talking about here is the metaphor you were sent here to show us.
You can put your hands down now. Go.
…you’re rarely left wondering or wandering.
When we’re really clear on our ‘why’ the who, what’s, where’s, and how’s tend to line up like dominoes. And as those dominos fall they pave the way for success.
Who says your name is just Teacher?
What if today you changed it to World Changer?
Who says your name is just Mom?
What if today you changed it World Changer?
Who says your name is just what’s on your card, door, desk, badge, or name tag?
What if today you changed it to World Changer?
And what if, not only did you believe this, but you lived this out? Day to day. Hour to hour. Moment to moment.
You are not just the mediums you live, move, participate, and exist in.
Rather, you are the meaning carried and transmitted within in these mediums.
Blame Picasso, not the paint.
Blame Mozart, not the violin.
Blame Jobs, not the computer.
Blame Lincoln, not the White House.
Blame Spielberg, not the camera.
Blame Wynn, not blackjack.
Blame Jordan, not basketball.
Blame Zuckerberg, not the Internet.
What if we all repeated this exercise tomorrow?
I say we do.
Then we’ll get to blame you for a better world.
Ashton.Gustafson 