I was given some very good topics to
discuss for the blog series out of which I can't seem to make an entire blog
posting. So in an effort to cover the topics I was given and still
have room for the things that are perhaps a little deeper, I am compiling as a
list of questions into one posting.
If I were on a desert island, what 5
people would I want to have with me, 1 song, 1 book and what is my favorite
desert island?
This question has had me stumped for a
couple of weeks. I’d want to have my five closest friends with me, of
course (they will remain nameless here). The one book I would want to have with me is “The Power of
Now” by Eckhart Tolle, because it is the most powerful and life-changing book
I’ve ever read. And, I have to admit that asking a musician to choose one
song is just cruel, but I would probably choose “My Tribute”, because as I have
previously written, is my favorite song to play. And, well, I don’t
have a favorite desert island, because I’ve never been to a desert island in
the first place.
If I were given ten minutes to evacuate
and could only take the contents of a backpack with me, what would I want to
take with me?
This is another one of those nearly
impossible hypothetical situation questions where I don’t even know where to
begin. I’d most certainly have to have all my Apple products with
me, Photos (hopefully already stored on the Apple devices), A Journal and
Pens, Hygiene products, (I gotta have clean breath and nice hair), at
least a couple of changes of clothes, and well, I might as well grab a couple
of my bowties from the collection
What is your most prized possession?
Without a doubt my Yamaha Baby Grand is my
most prized possession. I worked very hard to achieve the dream of owning
my piano, it is paid for and, most of all, because I know that my grandmother
would be proud of it, too.
What is your most memorable event?
In recent memory, my greatest personal
memory is of the 20th High
School reunion I attended last year for the Classes of ’90, ’91 and ’92 for the
class I was part of from grades 2-9. I made the decision after my
freshman year to transfer to another school, but my class invited all of us
back to the reunion, whether or not we actually graduated from the class back
to the celebration. I made the 5 hour drive from Alabama to Tennessee, attended
the reunion, and drove back home. I left at 1PM, and got home at
5am. I had an absolutely incredible evening beyond all words.
Most of the people there were people I hadn’t seen in more than 23 years, other
than on facebook. I felt free, I felt loved, I felt accepted. I
hope I never forget how I felt that evening.
When was I really wrong about something I
did, how did I figure it out and what impact did it have on me?
I inadvertently told something incredibly
personal I didn’t realize was a “privileged information” to a friend of a
friend, and the mutual friend mentioned it to the other friend. I
figured it out when the friend sent me a message and asked me to call him, and
then I asked the other friend if she knew anything about it. She told me
what had happened. After a day or so of sitting on what I had done, I
called the person I had wronged and apologized. The impact is that
I learned a valuable lesson. Don’t assume that everyone you
know-even if they are your family-knows something about you. What
could have been a potential disaster was averted. My apology was accepted and I
learned to be far more careful with what I say, and, well, I put myself in the
other person’s shoes and think “how would I feel if I had something people
don’t necessarily need to know about me, and then people call it into question,
how would that make me feel?
If I could only listen to one band for the
rest of my life, who would it be and why?
This is a complete and total toss up,
because I am one of the largest TRUTH fans I know. TRUTH was a
contemporary Christian music band from the 70s-early 2000. Many
large names came out of that band, and they hit their major success in the late
80s through the 90s. But, I’m also a huge fan of Lady
Antebellum. Again, asking a musician this question is cruel and
unusual punishment. I can’t answer this question definitively.
Why do you not realize the positive effect
you have on your friends’ lives?
I do realize that I do have a positive
effect, but much like a former fat kid always thinks he’s fat even if he is the
size of a beanpole, someone who has generally been an outcast all his life
feels like a failure, even when he can see that he is making the world a better
place.
What has been your 15 minutes of fame?
I was president of a local men’s choral
society for a year and a half. While I don’t think that really
qualifies as 15 minutes of fame, so I don’t really know what my 15 minutes of
fame would truly be.
Here’s my confession: These blog
topics stretched my mind like none other, but I wanted to include them because
I wanted to attempt to answer every question I was sent. I’m seeing
myself in many different lights. And, I’m honored to say I have had
a blessed life.
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