yeah sure these are just easy chords, but the challenge with this song was to arrange the voicings so that they sound full and connected with the sounds before. had fun arranging this!
Isn’t it ironic how sometimes, the longer you stay in someone’s life..the more insignificant you become to them?
You’re just another one of their ordinary encounters, nothing special. Actions no longer have meaning and they become a formality of some sort. You run out of things to say to each other. The connection between you withers. You no longer seek each other, instead you find other things, places, and people, to gain happiness from. Everything just dies away.. and I don’t know if I can go through that again. I don’t want to. I am terrified of attraction because I know at some point it will rot along with our bond, and that makes me wonder if forming relationships are even worth it in the first place.
those are words my beautiful mama not only lives by, but also taught me as i was growing up. many times she told me and every time i listened.
life is not about what you brag about and put on your resume, it’s not about the size of your paycheck or the power of your job position. it’s not about the distance you ran, what grade you got in class or how many likes you got on your last post. it’s not about what you can be, it’s about who you can be. the dreams and goals you have, the kindness you show to friends, lovers and strangers, the jokes you crack to make others laugh. the feeling of freedom you feel when running, the attention to detail you put into your drawing. it’s what you feel, think and enjoy, it’s who you are.
it’s not what you do, it’s why you do it.
my mama taught me that it’s not what we are, it’s who we are. it’s not what we can brag about having done in the past, it’s about what we’re doing in this very moment. it’s how we are kind to one another, help and spread empathy. when i am sad, feeling useless, lacking and unproductive ‘cause i “should’ve done more with my life”… she tells me how proud she is of me, not for what i have or have not done, but for who i have become; how i treat my loved ones, how i think independently, and stand up for what i believe in. and she remind me of it once again: