"I Wish I Would Have..."

Hindsight is always 20/20. Knowing what I know now, I would have done things different. Of course, the trap is that if I had done things different, I might not be the person I am now. Oh, what a tangled web! However, here are some of my top thoughts about what I wish I would have done back when I was a young drummer.

- I wish I would have enjoyed the time I spent with my fellow musicians more.

- I wish I would have obsessed less about all the minute things that would go wrong during a service.

- I wish I would have been more open to other types of music earlier that were not my taste.

- I wish I would have taken the time to see more live music and meet more of those musicians.

- I wish I would have paid more attention to the formal side of training for drums.

- I wish I would have taught my students to enjoy their instruments more.

- I wish I would have practiced better when I had all the time in the world, rather than fiddling around with my favorite beats.

- I wish I would have invested more time in people who wanted to learn about the drums from me.

Maybe you could add about a hundred things yourself. The beautiful thing about such lists is that people who are on the other side of time can avoid the pitfalls of my past. The beautiful thing for me is that my past does not have to dictate my future. I can learn and grow from here.

I pray you would do the same.

Hope this helps.

Blessings,
F.S.