You've Got The Music In You

"You've got to make your own kind of music, sing your own special song, make your own kind of music, even if nobody else?sings along."

--Cass Elliott??

Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique.? He came out onto the stage one night for a concert hearing a?huge round of applause.? He noticed that the violin in his hand?was not his?one-of-a-kind instrument, uniquely fashioned for him.? Embarrassed, he told the crowd that there had been some mistake and he didn't have his own violin.?He excused himself and hurried behind the curtain to grab that special violin.? It was gone!? Someone had stolen his precious violin and left the second-hand one that he was holding in his hand.?

He remained back of the curtain a moment, then came out before his audience and explained his predicament. Then he said, "Ladies and Gentlemen: I will show you that the music is not in the instrument, but in the soul." And he played as he had never played before, and the music that poured forth from that old violin enraptured the audience! When he was finished, the thrilled audience gave him a standing ovation.

Outside circumstances and conditions can have tremendous influence on our behavior and our results. When we empower those outside uncontrollable events to impact us negatively, we give away our own personal power. How do we take back that power?

We take back that power by changing our thinking.

We stop trying to manipulate and control those things/people that we can't, and take responsibility for those things that we can. Whatever we think about grows...or my favorite axiom, What we resist, persists. We let go and tune in on the good. We sing our own song without comparing our melody to others. We get grateful about our blessings and we do the best we can. We believe for the best. We imagine fabulous outcomes. We look for the exceptional in everything and everybody.

We know how to do this...we do the opposite all the time when we worry.

The choice is ours.

Jan

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