Drummer...

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

Henry David Thoreau

I am trying to change my internal dialogue about myself. I've felt like a "misfit" my whole life. I always felt my thinking was different then those surrounding me growing up and through most of my adult hood. And with that, I took on the message, "something is wrong with me", " I can't seem to see what they see. So my challenge is now to reprogram that voice in my head and figure out how to best serve myself and the universe, with the way I see each present moment. 

Drummer...

"Maybe you’ve felt like you’re not cut from the same cloth. You’re probably right. You’re not ‘normal.’ You’re not ordinary. I’d say you’re extraordinary. You’re a voice. You’re a presence. And you are here to bring something different to the conversation. Let your difference make a difference."

Tama J. Kieves

My mother had given me a little plaque to put in my room when I was young that read:

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears however measured or far away." 

I always felt growing up that my difference to the others in the family was a defect, something to feel bad about because I couldn't see life the way they saw it. But now a little older and wiser, I'm realizing I can bring something different to the conversation... AND that I CAN make a difference in the world!

Little Girl...

When I was a little girl I use to have a plague on my night stand that said;

"If a man does not deep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears however measure or far away."

Henry David Thoreau

I always felt I was on a different page then those I lived with, but not free enough to step to my own music. Today I'm trying to do just that!