Undercutting a symphony.
It's the rainy end of yet another monday evening. Still Summer if you're man enough to scrutinize the calendar, and pretty much Autumn, if you're following the curious paths of raindrops racing down your window. The holiday-look in your wardrobe is hastily becoming as ridiculous as the first umbrella your mother bought you. And, let's face it - as useless.. unless you turned the precious gift upside-down to see it float away on that puddle in the backyard.
Although many of us may share a similar memory from the past, or listen to the rain lashing down this very moment, fact of the matter is, there are over 6 billion people living on this planet. And as I can recall being told time and time again, each and every one of them is different from the rest.
We differ by our looks, attitude, character.. our abilities and disabilities, the color of our skin.. our height, weight. We get our influences from the cultural background, social circumstances, from our family and friends, everyday experiences. Stands to reason, that no two people will ever turn out the same.
So why is it, that day in and day out, we look around us and wish to be different? Different from ourself.
It's not always, that we see things from this perspective. Singing in the shower may add a hightened sense of enjoyment to the whole process of bodily cleansing. But the moment we sit down in the livingroom to do a duet with Bono on the Mtv, we start to feel as if we do not qualify. Whereas picking up singing lessons would be considered self-improvement, few of us ever even contemplate the subject. Wishing to be more like somebody else can sadly and quite often leave us feeling unhappy with the way we are. Which is nothing short of ridiculous.
The pretty yellow ducklings on our umbrella were marching on with the same enthusiasm regardless of whether they were facing the sky and blocking the rain, or nose down in the mud and drifting towards the far end of the puddle. It's a question of integrity. We will always be who we are. Good at some things, not so good at others. Throughout our life we can fine tune the instruments of our personality and character. Learn new things, abandon bad habits. There will always be one Bono. Just as there will always be one you.. and one me.. and one of him and her.
We can't play a tune the way someone else is doing it. It will always sound like us playing. Not worse nor better. Just different. And in the end of the day, it will always be us playing our own music that sounds the best and most authentic.
Wishing to be a better singer is a goal worth pursuing. Wishing to be more like Bono.. well, that seat is already taken.
Although many of us may share a similar memory from the past, or listen to the rain lashing down this very moment, fact of the matter is, there are over 6 billion people living on this planet. And as I can recall being told time and time again, each and every one of them is different from the rest.
We differ by our looks, attitude, character.. our abilities and disabilities, the color of our skin.. our height, weight. We get our influences from the cultural background, social circumstances, from our family and friends, everyday experiences. Stands to reason, that no two people will ever turn out the same.
So why is it, that day in and day out, we look around us and wish to be different? Different from ourself.
It's not always, that we see things from this perspective. Singing in the shower may add a hightened sense of enjoyment to the whole process of bodily cleansing. But the moment we sit down in the livingroom to do a duet with Bono on the Mtv, we start to feel as if we do not qualify. Whereas picking up singing lessons would be considered self-improvement, few of us ever even contemplate the subject. Wishing to be more like somebody else can sadly and quite often leave us feeling unhappy with the way we are. Which is nothing short of ridiculous.
The pretty yellow ducklings on our umbrella were marching on with the same enthusiasm regardless of whether they were facing the sky and blocking the rain, or nose down in the mud and drifting towards the far end of the puddle. It's a question of integrity. We will always be who we are. Good at some things, not so good at others. Throughout our life we can fine tune the instruments of our personality and character. Learn new things, abandon bad habits. There will always be one Bono. Just as there will always be one you.. and one me.. and one of him and her.
We can't play a tune the way someone else is doing it. It will always sound like us playing. Not worse nor better. Just different. And in the end of the day, it will always be us playing our own music that sounds the best and most authentic.
Wishing to be a better singer is a goal worth pursuing. Wishing to be more like Bono.. well, that seat is already taken.
posted by Henri M at 2:44 PM
1 Comments:
You kept me thinking. Because it really is so that everyone are different and we like some certain people for different reasons. They might not not the reasons and these are these little silly things, what makes everyone interesting. And then people change, because they want to be someone else. We're all uniqe, but we still let us influence by others. Okay, so it has to be so- if there isn't any development at all, then it would be a problem. Well anyway I hope it makes sense. Have a good day!
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