At 10am this morning I began my first guitar practice of the New Year. I paused as I wanted to know what note I would play and why I choose it as the first note of the year. I decided on a simple exercise given to me in my early days of Guitar Craft played on an open A string. I would play this exercise for 5 minutes.
Five minutes of touching the innocence with which I have originally encountered the guitar. Five minutes of receiving a reminders of the value of small qualitative acts. Five minutes of embracing an old commitment that has borne much fruit and five minutes of wondering what is now possible.
A few minutes later while playing through The Call, I decided that this same exercise would be how I end my last guitar practice of the year. Seemed a bit clever at the time.
Then when I sat down with my guitar this evening, I knew my relationship with music had a beginning this year and can touch the end simultaneously. This is better than clever.
May all of you have a peace filled and loving year. Rise to the challenges you meet and give a hand to another.
Photo by Josh James.
