Friday, June 5, 2009

Life charted on a musical score

Well friends, this might not be original but it is personal and real. When we get out of high school and college we embark on writing a musical composition that is completely unique in regards to the way the notes fall on the musical staff. The question that is foremost in my mind in this season of life is whether there really is a "right" road to take. It's like saying there's only ONE spouse out there for each person. I've always said that would pretty much mean we were all married to the wrong person because the freedom to chose was God given from the first breath man took. The one thing in life that we must chose correctly is something we don't get the report card on until after the last breath. We pretty much have to chose our "faith" and as they say chose it wisely. Some feel like we might as well write our life composition like a contemporary modern artist.....just take the brush, dip it in the paint, or hey, why not two or three colors and sling it at the canvass. If you were a real musical composer you definitely wouldn't want to play that back.

So what's my point? The point is most of us really do try to pick the right path. The melody we want left on our legacy is one we want people to have pleasant memories about and produce lasting impressions like a Mozart or Beethoven. Mozart is my favorite of the classics. When we come to that proverbial crossroad, the point in life that we must decide, really decide in a life-changing way where we are to go, it seems like there may indeed be no right answer. So we chose and the new road is riddled with weak bridges and potholes, does that make it the wrong road?

My crossroad is a real life-changer and those don't come everyday. Those are once in a couple of decades or more. That's about all I have to say for now. It's just another day, right?

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