It's funny how you can give a piece of advice so many times and not actually consider doing it yourself.
Trust the process.
That's what they say.
No that's what i say.
So when i sit in my seminar of rhythms and beat on my wooden goblet topped off with some kind of animal skin, it kills me that i am not an expert.
That i put myself in a situation where i am not the best.
Where i am not ahead in any way.
As i watch the experts i have surrounded myself with, i can't help but get restless and frustrated wanting to find the button to press.
The button that will enable me to play the most complicated accompaniments and the most unique solos.
Yet, sometimes we are meant to be without a button.
Because without buttons, we are forced to surrender each day to the process of life.
We learn to accept that life only comes a day at a time.
We can't be experts over night.
We can't train our minds and bodies to think differently in 24 hours.
So we are left with the challenge.
Trust the process.
Trust that if today I put my head down and focus on whatever it may be in life, I will get better.
And the hope of it all...
In the end, we will thank god for not giving us too many buttons.
