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All humans are musical. Why else would the Lord give you a beating heart?
As life goes on, you will join other bands, some through friendship, some through romance, some through neighborhoods, school, an army. Maybe you will all dress the same, or laugh at your own private vocabulary. Maybe you will flop on couches backstage, or share a boardroom table, or crowd around a galley inside a ship. But in each band you join, you will play a distinct part, and it will affect you as much as you affect it.
TALENT IS A PIECE OF GOD’S SHADOW. AND UNDER THAT SHADOW, HUMAN STORIES INTERSECT.
This may seem highly fortuitous, but when a higher power has plans for you, life can be full of near misses.
“The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.”
Man searches for courage in drink, but it is not courage that he finds, it is fear that he loses. A drunken man may step off a cliff. That does not make him brave, just forgetful.
I have said that music allows for quick creation. But it is nothing compared with what you humans can destroy in a single conversation.
What would you give to remember everything? I have this power. I absorb your memories; when you hear me, you relive them. A first dance. A wedding. The song that played when you got the big news. No other talent gives your life a soundtrack. I am Music. I mark time.
“The greatest thing, you’ll ever learn Is just to love, and be loved in return.”
At a certain point, your life is more about your legacy to your kids than anything else.
