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I had given away my guitar.

One day, Geo took out my guitar and strummed casually and man! It sounded heavenly! I immediately threw a "temper tantrum" and said that the guitar is UNFAIR! It sounded so good when Geo touched it and more than terrible when my fingers touched those 6 strings. Right. Crazy or what? I blamed the guitar.

I took up guitar about 7 years ago. There is always this desire to master guitar but my will always defer from my desire. There seemed to be something more important to do, to practice, to attain. 3 years ago, I did try at it again - I set it as my goal for the year. Year end, I still can't get past the one and only song I knew.

Last year, I decided to hand my dusty guitar to the master in music (in my opinion.. Heehee...). Temper tantrums aside, lack of practice aside, lack of will aside, I have come to realize that my guitar is NEVER at fault. The strings are already attached, the music notes are already there, I just need to find it.

Recently, boss sent this email. It's way cool!

Many years ago my friend took guitar lessons from David Bromberg, a recording artist and famous sessions player. When my friend entered David's house he heard beautiful music emanating from his guitar. My friend asked, "How do you make those notes on your guitar? I can't make them on mine." David answered, "All the notes you will ever need are already in the guitar, you just have to find them."

Isn't that also true of children? All the answers we will ever need are inside the child, we just have to find them.

Richard L. Curwin