I can’t figure out why people spend their time trying to take pictures of the stage/artists at concerts. Especially with Point & Shoot cameras. You overpay to see live performances and then you spend the whole time fixated on your camera and why you can’t get a good shot!
Why not focus on the present? The only purpose the blurry pics will serve is to remind you of the concert at which you were distracted.
Also you distract those within 3 rows behind you.
Ethan Daily, Honesty, Music cameras, chris tomlin, concerts, why
If you give somebody money, let's say somebody who is homeless. Once you have given the money to them, its not yours anymore.
Why do we have such hangups on not giving a beggar money because of what they might go do with it. I came to the conclusion this weekend that once you give, and even before you give, as soon as you commit to give it to somebody, you can no longer dictate where that money will go to. But you can be prayerful with the gift to them, that God will let them use it how He would have them, not how I would have them use it.
We don't know most of the people who ask us for money, so how are we to know what they should use it for?
Ethan Music, Surprise Me
My mind has lots to say today.. Too much to write, I should hold a press conference.
I saw some old friends from a band I worked with a few years back. They volunteered their services for a benefit that was thrown last night. On top of that, I found that one of the members who is from New Orleans, has gone back there to help with the cleanup efforts. When he isn't playing music, he cleans carpets and also is a water-damage expert. So he told me he's been down there working, he also told me about the amount of money there is to be made down there… Wide opened eyes I had when I heard that number and even wider when he said he's been doing some of his jobs for free because he knows a lot of the residents have lost so much, and spending thousands of dollars may not be in everybody's budget. Its very humbling to see somebody aware of the financial possibilities and not taking advantage of an uncontrollable disaster…
Been thinking about a guy I ran into last night.. The bathroom attendant at the place where the benefit was. I can't confirm this, but have a pretty good suspicion that not many people give him the time of day. I'd imagine they think "oh man, I have to tip this guy?" when they walk in.. I did. But as I was taking care of my business before interacting with him I thought,"He is providing a service, just as I do at my job, just as the CEO of a major company does, just as a movie star does, and as their hair & makeup artists do. Why is there a negative thought in my head when I walked in?" I am glad I had the extra time to think about it before I interacted with him. He was a very nice man, really enjoyed where he was. I am wrestling with why i thought what I thought in the first place.
Another guy in my heart is a neighborhood dad. Sometimes I like running a little late, cause that is when I see him. I have never met him. I have a vague idea of which house is his. But during the school year. 8:00 AM he is on the corner of the street with his kids waiting for the school bus. Everyday! No matter the temperature, if his kids are there, so is he. Well for the past few years, every day I drive by, he goes out of his way to wave at me. I see other cars go by with no wave. But my car, never a miss… Cant think of a better way to start each day. It puts a smile on may face long enough to last a few missed lights on Excelsior Blvd… One of these days I will stop and say "hi" versus waving. Take it to the next step…
There's a ton more on my mind… These are the highlights, the ones that lighten my day.. The ones I want to focus on…
Ethan Daily, Feeling, Music, Struggles
"You hit them with that, they be like, 'This mutha—-a is kinda crazy but he keeps on talking about Jesus! He keeps on talking about the Lord!' "
(Bizzy Bones recalled about speaking in tongues on KPFT-FM)
Cool story about Bizzy Bone and his walking days of giving away all of his money and living homeless for 7 months. And how like many stories of meeting Jesus, flips your life upside down in ways people dont understand…
Not even his mother…
Ethan Honesty, Music
I played golf with somebody this weekend who each time I 3-putted and complained about it, he responded with "I 3-putted like 10 times yesterday"… I would also get frustrated and try to tell people that I was better than that last shot I hit… When I could've been quiet and let the fact that I once played D-I golf at the U of M do the talking instead of me trying to act like I still play at that level (humbling in itself)… After a few thoughts I feel like I can sound like that in my daily routine…
This week I am going to experiment with something as simple as a single letter…
I will be attempting to make it through the week with in no way telling stories that brag or boast, that in no way makes it sound like I complain that I am better than my level of performance. I don't want to draw any attention to my "problems" by complaining about my time-committments, how busy I am, how I am not getting support for YL and the list will go on, I will not type them all as that would be against what I am trying to do!
This is going to be the ultimate humbling experience I believe.. I also believe it will be harder than abstaining from alcohol. I will be in the business of listening this week, remaining in the present, and waking up each day asking the Lord to "make this day not about me". My goal for this is that by making it less of me, it will be less of others and then more/all for God…
Ethan Music
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