Times Are A'changin'

It took me over a year to realize that I was wasting my life away. I got so used to being down that I thought that that was the only way to live. Not anymore. I can't say the change came overnight for me but it did happpen. I guess it started around Christmas. I decided to pick up my 3 year old guitar and play around with it. My mother heard me and just when I was thinking to myself that I should use my free time to learn how to play, she bought me a practice book. The first few days were hard because my fingers were very sore, but I pushed through. I'm no Eric Clapton but I got a few chords down. I've also been writing more. I've always kept a journal but now I'm actually writing poems and lyrics! My goal is to writeat least 1 songs in two months and perform it. It doesn't matter how crappy they are as long as I get them out. My dream has always been to be a songwriter but I've been so afaid of change that I shot myself down before I gave anyone else a chance to do so. I've decided to just let go and open myself up to the world's possibilities. You never know what can happen. It took me 2 months into the new year to realize that. My motto for this year is a quote I got from a fortune cookie: Begin...the rest is easy. It can't be that bad. I've already gotten past the hardest part.