If you are a musician these are great adages to live by.
"If you make a mistake, keep playing. You'll only get further away from it" JC via Bobby Lindstom
Vs.
"You can run, but you can't hide from it" 
Brent Mydland, GD
Music is awesome art. Nothing is more simple or more complicated for those involved. Always looking for the perfect medium to sow the seeds of enlightenment and happiness. You can turn someone on with a simple rhythm just as easily as a full symphonic orchestra and everything in between. That's the beauty of music.
To address the quotes today I found myself in an ineresting conundrum. Both are true and both make the art what it is. When combined with they are the representation of musical history. Some artists are known for famous faux pas. One hit wonders as well as legends have all made mistakes. Some have gone on to feed off of those mistakes and create magic, where as others have crumpled beneath the pressure. I would like to draw a parallel to politics here but if you read my initial post (many moons ago) I drew a line. No politics, religion, global warming, or abortion. I may have just added global warming but it's off limits, too. Look at how they handled their mistakes. I'm not pointing fingers at anyone specifically but all of us know of a mistake, here-or-there, and how it was rectified.
Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone tries not to. We all still do. What do we do? We take the next day like the next step. Sure a whoops or two happened today. What did you do? Did you sit in lement? Did you feel guilty? Did you tie your shoes with too many knots? I hope not.
Back to the adage thing. Here's one I learned a long time ago from an athlete of pro caliber (a corner-back, former NFL) two simple words and two effective words. SHORT MEMORY. Barring a castastrophy nothing is that important to hang onto. Skip the little stuff and move on. Don't waste your time putting wood on a fire that only wants to consume you.
Yes, we all have memories and we don't forget mistakes as well as we remimber accomplishments, so you're going to have to live with it. Regardless.
So now what do we do with our mistakes?
Perhaps you've heard of honesty. It makes everything digestible. You may not like how it tastes, it may even stink or have an insatiable desire to make you look silly (among other things.) It's a jagged little pill to swallow, but it will allow you to move on. Honesty is the responsibility of the beholder. It comes from within and frees you from the arguments you have with yourself over your mistakes. Only you get to decide how you apply it. Simply own up and carry on. Learn from it and be sure to do your best not to do it again. Take it as a learning experience. A new arrow for your quiver. Then forget it. Life IS too short to sweat the little things.
Continue to grow. Learn something new every day. Let the ones you love know it and the love will come back to you. Thanks for stopping by again. To you first time visitors, please leave a comment for your free case of nothing.
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