Okay - here's my next attempt at a different kind of blog - but this one is a bit philosophical. Oh well! I'm in major self-discovery mode these days and see a pattern! One I'm sure everyone around me knows about - but that I'm just now seeing? No, embracing, I guess. I think learning to play guitar has taught me SO much about how I tackle life. I've been trying to learn now on and off for several years. Problem is, I either get discouraged or bored - very easily I might add! Mostly in the beginning it was discouragement. I'd learn a few things, hit a hard spot or a time when I couldn't seem to move forward and I'd quit for awhile. But like anything we're passionate about, that drive doesn't just disappear. So I'd go at it all over again. Well, I'm learning to talk my way through the tough spots now, but have moved on to a new obstacle. Boredom! I have a friend who is a new learner with guitar as well. I've heard him practice and he is very meticulous with what he learns. He plays the same segment of music over and over again, trying to get the perfect timing, notes, dynamics, etc. I take the same segment, learn it and rush through as quickly as possible because by the time I have it down I'm done with it. I want more! Something new to piddle with. Forget getting it just right - I want to soak up something new! Which is good and bad. It means I'll never be great at guitar - or probably anything for that matter.

And that's how I relate learning guitar to my life. I do something for awhile but there's always something shiny and pretty on the horizon getting my attention. And once it has my attention I can't focus on what I've got here and now any more. Gotta run out to the horizon to see what that shimmering is! Crazy!!! My biggest problem has been learning to embrace that for what it is and not think I'm a terrible person because of it. Still working on that one!