Comments on: More Clearly Ourselves

By: E-Jayjo

E-Jayjo — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:08:44 +0000

I like that quote…We don’t change, we just become more clearly ourselves… good one.

By: Ian Durias

Ian Durias — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:55:14 +0000

Well, some speakers can pull off the leather pants/pyrotechnics look so…

Grin.

I appreciate this insightful post.

By: Jeff Anderson

Jeff Anderson — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:31:34 +0000

Love to read your blog Shaun. It’s so true. So I’m not the only one with a bunch of different things going on. That’s great.

I do, by the way, have a recording of you playing Saxophone.

Just sayin’

Jeff

By: Mrs Lemon

Mrs Lemon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:36:23 +0000

I’ll bet your embrasure was killing you after all that time – occasionally I pick up my flute, and I regret it for an hour afterward.

By: Stretch Mark Mama

Stretch Mark Mama — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:00:06 +0000

Hubs and I laugh at our Old Selves, knowing our kids have never know us as Musicians. Mercy, we’ve both spent a lot of time practicing, and honestly, when you mentioned getting the ol’ saxophone out, I could totally imagine that smell when the case first opens. Been there, done that. I was known as a pianist for the first half of my life, and Hubs has meandered through life as a public school band/choir director, and eventually a church music pastor.

As we’ve aged to our 30s, we’ve realized that it isn’t “music” we love so much (which we do, no doubt), it’s communicating and creating. So we still do those two things, it just doesn’t happen to be with an instrument in hand.

I say, embrace the change! Or to quote my favorite movie, You’ve Got Mail:

Birdie Conrad: You are daring to imagine that you could have a different life. Oh, I know it doesn’t feel like that. You feel like a big fat failure now. But you’re not. You are marching into the unknown armed with…

[pause]

Birdie Conrad: Nothing. Have a sandwich.

(That quote was meant to be funny. In an encouraging sort of way.)

(It all works out for Kathleen Kelly in the end. Just so you know.)

By: Keith Jennings

Keith Jennings — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:23:36 +0000

This was an engaging post. Your writing chops seem ready to me. And if you read Seth Godin, you know shorter books sell and spread better. So no pressure to pen an epic!

I first learned about you when you introduced Compassion Int’l at the beginning of a filmed concert (Travis Cantrel?? - wife likes him) at First Baptist Woodstock (GA).

Look forward to learning more about you and reading more posts. Plus, I’ll buy your book when it’s ready.

All the best.

By: Kristie Wooten

Kristie Wooten — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:54:15 +0000

Thank you for bringing clarity to my constant pondering as to WHY my husband has an alto sax, a tenor sax, a trumpet, and a guitar upstairs in the attic (and a harmonica somewhere, and just sold a keyboard)…

I still don’t think I get it completely...but since I can only play rhythm sticks and sandpaper blocks, I certainly can’t complain.

See you in 11 days.

By: pat

pat — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:29:18 +0000

whatever, just write the book!

By: Grovesfan

Grovesfan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:49:46 +0000

I tried different instruments as a kid (piano, drums, trumpet, sax, guitar) and because playing them well didn’t happen by osmosis, I quit pretty quickly. I’ve always loved music however. I pull out an old dream every now and then about taking piano again. I love the piano and now that I’m grown up (and on medication ), I’d like to see if I would actually practice. The only problem is, I don’t have a piano.

By: chrissulli

chrissulli — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:23:13 +0000

Man,I can’t even get into my first musical phase. I can relate on the job front though. One dream has been replaced my another until now I’m finally giving it all up and going to serve in the Dominican Republic for 5 months. Who knows what I do when I get back.