Recently, I’ve had a lot of thoughts.
But if you ask me what I was thinking about, to be quite honest, I don’t have much of an answer and I’m unsure of what I was thinking about in the moment from time to time. I don’t think that sometimes relaxing and thinking about nothing or everything is necessarily a bad thing. It’s simply that I want to make it more meaningful.
And so I’ve decided to take on this challenge. Or should it be called a new perspective?
But how, you may ask. How can you go from always passively thinking to one that is significantly more meaningful, more memorable, and more influential?
Here’s how I got to this new revelation, I’d like to call it. I am really thankful for a particular class that I am taking right now that has sparked and stirred this new interest of mine. I had known full well that going into this introductory class, I would really be able to hone in on my fundamentals and build upon that knowledge during the next handful of weeks in the semester. But I did not expect my introduction to music theory class to have a final project component where I would have to directly apply what I was learning right into my own creation. My very own composition.
The past couple of nights, I’ve been sitting and simply thinking, trying to progress in my project. What words should go together? What theme should I be following? But I realized while I was sitting and talking to a good friend from home last night that this isn’t the mindset that I should be taking. I shouldn’t be just aiming to get it done and force ideas to formulate. Instead, I should be constantly reflecting, jotting things down, and living my life with a more conscious effort.
And so, my collection, my awareness, my inspiration has just started its journey. I’m curious to see how far this takes me, a little nervous that it won’t work out, but overall, excited for this new mindful experience. Maybe this is me trying to make some sense into trying something before the new year comes around (2020 is so close and around the corner ahhh!) but more importantly, I want to be more aware and more intentional with how I go about living this life that I have been given by Him.
Based on the past couple of nights, oh, it’s been far more difficult than I had originally imagined. But I’ve been so inspired by other composers and encouraged to pursue this new passion (I hope I can call it that, haha).
So here goes!
For we live by faith, not by sight.
Signing off with Faith Hope Love & Joy, Grace
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