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By Denton Krypps
I have a huge list of goals that I want to achieve during my
life time. Some goals are small like learning to keep a
goldfish alive for longer than a month. Other goals are more
significant like traveling to all fifty states or learning a
second language. As I continue to learn new things and
accomplish goals on my list it seems that I also add new goals
to my list so that it never gets much smaller or much bigger.
I
think I'll always have more goals than I can accomplish. I
recently accomplished a goal that has been on my list since
its
beginning. I started taking guitar lessons.
Sound like no big deal? If it doesn't, then you obviously do
not know me well. You have no idea that I have wanted to learn
how to play guitar since I was eight and you have no clue that
I have been saving my spare change for years to buy a guitar
and begin taking lessons. You see, for me, starting guitar
lessons was the sign of so many other things that had happened
in my life.
Starting guitar lessons was a sign that I had been faithful to
save spare change for over six years and it was a sign that I
finally got up the courage to do something I am not good at. I
have this tendency to only spend time on things I can do well
at, so most of the goals on my list that involve learning new
skills get left undone. So it was a real feat for me to begin
guitar lessons. My first lesson symbolized my desire to stop
living afraid of things that cannot hurt me. Guitar lessons
are
the first step in a direction I have been wanting to head for
quite some time.
Starting guitar lessons has also helped me to cross off
another
goal from my list: getting over my fear of meeting and
spending
time with new people. The man who is giving me guitar lessons
could probably go down in history as one of the least
intimidating people on the earth, yet it is still significant
for me to have taken this step. I will never forget the
feeling
of anxiety I felt as I knocked on his front door on the
afternoon of my first lesson. I felt like my heart was going
to
pound out of my chest. Within five minutes I had entered his
house, learned a little about him, began my first of many
guitar lessons, and could cross off two goals on my list at
the
same time. Not bad for just five minutes.
About The Author: Denton Krypps is an accomplished guitarist
and an advocate for all people taking guitar lessons or
learning to play another musical instrument. Discover more at
www.guitarlessonsnews.info
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