{"id":25524,"date":"2017-09-05T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarshed.foureyes.com\/?p=25524"},"modified":"2022-10-12T00:48:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T07:48:30","slug":"tq-bryon-katie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-bryon-katie\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron Katie on Forgetting the Past to Better the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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What I love most about the past is that it’s over<\/em><\/p>\n

Byron Katie<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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There’s a trap many of us fall into. We start to believe that “This is just how I am.” or “I’m good at this and not at that.”<\/span><\/p>\n

When an idea comes to mind, we quickly dredge up all previous experiences and decide up or down. Public speaking? I’m not good at that. Hot-headed? That’s just who I am. Can’t change now. It’s nature.<\/p>\n

But that’s all malarkey.<\/p>\n

We don’t have to stay locked into old notions. We don’t have to limit ourselves to what we’ve done in the past.<\/p>\n

So what if we weren’t good at singing 20 years ago. So what if we never learned how to read musical notation<\/a>. So what if we embarrassed ourselves dancing at prom.<\/p>\n

The past is over. We can be whoever we choose to be. Right now.<\/p>\n

We can pick up the guitar and focus<\/a> like a Nobel Laureate physicist. We can stretch like a dancer and train like an Olympian. We can choose how we want our guitar practice to be, and make it that. One day at a time.<\/p>\n

This doesn’t mean everything will be easy. Physicists have to manage distraction, too. Dancers fall down and Olympians sometimes feel lazy. They just keep showing up<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here. Enjoy! What I love most about the past is that it’s over Byron Katie There’s a trap many of us fall into. We start to believe that “This is just how I am.” or “I’m good at this and not at … <\/p>\n

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