Jonas Myers

Once again, I'm learning about the importance of adaptability. I envision a project, a trip, an experience, a future, and set about to create it. Reality intrudes. If I am too rigidly stuck to my initial vision, I can miss the wonderful alternatives that come along. I'm trying to remember that, while nothing happens exactly as we expect it to, what happens instead can often be as good or better—if only we allow it to be.

I'm trying to be more patient. I'm trying to know less about where I'm headed. I'm trying to think less about my image, to compare myself less with others, and instead to trust in the music and its power to connect people. I'm trying to stay aware of my own tendencies to stray from the path of authenticity, and to keep asking myself questions like, Is this really what I want to be doing? Or is my inner compass pointing in some other direction?