Closer To The Game
If you go to the park and bounce the ball by the monkey bars it’s unlikely you’re going to attract other basketball players.
But go over to that blacktop area with the hoop. The people will come. They might even be there already.
It’s more fun to be with.
If no one is around you might just need to change where you’re bouncing your ball.
How Good Was The Team
The Perfect Shot
If you shoot it perfectly but it doesn’t go in you don’t get any points.
If you shoot a terrible shot and it does go in you get all the points.
Similarly…
If you play the song perfectly but you don’t attract any fans, you won’t get to play the song for long.
If you play the song horribly but attract a crowd, you’re going to get paid to play it again and again.
Two things…
Most games we choose aren’t fair games.
Whether it’s basketball or music, play in a way that you can continue to be proud.
Half Court Shot
You can’t build a game plan around making a half court shot to win the game…even though that’s where the most glory and attention and thrill is.
You may end up needing to hit a crazy shot but it’s a poor strategy.
Don’t make your plan around glory. Make it around process and desired outcome.
Music and Weights and Burdens
You chose this. Music did not choose you. You might have chosen it such a long time ago that you’ve forgotten and you think it music must have chosen you but it didn’t.
And a career in music is certainly a heavy weight to carry.
But it is not a burden. It is not some misfortune. It was not attached to you at birth.
But if we’re looking for purpose and fulfillment we need to carry weight…and music and creativity is an honorable weight to put on your shoulders.
When we feel the hurt and pain of the weight we get to remember that what we chose is hard but it’s worth it.
»» The goal is not to get rid of the weight. It’s to find a weight we don’t want to ditch when it gets heavy.