The Reaction

Okay, so I was teaching when the earthquake happened,

it kinda threw me off because it sounded like there had been a fairly serious car accident right outside my house...my townhouse on the end of a tiny road...

I didn't learn 'til after from that students parent that it had been an earthquake!

I was shocked that an earthquake had hit the east-side!

That was the first and probably last earthquake I'll ever feel.

But as I was talking to the mother she was saying how her husband is convinced the world will end next year and how their church is having a 12 week revival (hooyah!)

and we were joking that God is just warming up and after that revival

*poof*

we're all gone!

It is kinda funny to talk about but maybe just because none of us knows how/when/ or what it's going to be like so it's one of those awkward nervous jokes.

But it actually got me thinking that age old question

what would I do differently if I knew the whole world was going to end, say, next year?

Would I really do anything different?

Probably not much, I might try to enjoy life better, relax and not be so hard on myself.

But I'd probably still work, practice, freak out about work, train, eat healthily and unheathily.

I mean come on I'm still human.

I might try to enjoy the earth even though I know heaven will be WAY better.

I'd want all my friends to be in the right place (in their hearts I mean)

but I'm not sure how I'd do that if I knew they weren't with the Lord now.

I don't think I'm much of an evangelist (well the big bible-thumpin' kind)

but I am passionate, and may have a turn for the flair,

what about all those kids I teach, or the people I work with, or the people that are awkwardly uncomfortable to be around?

What could I do or what would I do different to show them God?

Anything?

The musicians quandary

Sonata I'm playing pt. 1

part 2

The guy I've been taking piano lessons from is truly

magnificent.

He's a technical master, a musician

he is always so encouraging and inspiring.

I have learned SO much from him already in playing and teaching.

And I'd love to take percussion lessons every now and again

but there doesn't seem to be anyone that I would want to take lessons from.

And especially someone like my piano teacher.

I look forward to practicing piano and making music

and learning how to control the instrument

and make it work for me not me work for it.

And I feel I might have lost that inspiration for percussion,

I mean, I love playing and I love learning

but I've got nothing to work for

no one to play for

I have no goals or accountability.

I guess I could take lessons from some old someone

but I don't want it to be counteractive.

Anyways, I want to learn how to take my piano knowledge

and use it in my percussive life, teaching wise especially.

I want to encourage and inspire my students so that they want to practice

so they want to put into effect what they've been learning.

Then you have the teenagers, and the kids who look like they don't care

what do you do with them??

I've got a lot to learn and a lot to do

but I want to be that percussion teacher who is like my piano teacher.

I want to encourage, inspire and motivate

even the most reluctant students!