Friday was a late night, out with friends for the Milk Carton Kids and the Punch Brothers. If you don't know these bands (I hadn't heard the Milk Carton Kids until Friday night), you need to check them both out. Amazing musicians.
So I'm here on Saturday night, post-Symphony, catching up with my TGI for the week.
Today I am trusting that I can find the words to be heard on something that's important to me this week. This is in part a challenge of me truly being able to find the right words to discuss some things that have been disappointments to me. The rest of the challenge- and the bigger part- is to do it in a way that can be heard. Courage, right?
Today I am grateful for the crazy rally of support I felt after I posted on The Facebooks about a frustrating situation this week. My friends are loyal and wonderful and generous and kind and funny- in short, all of the things that I hope I am too. I am sometimes gobsmacked at how fortunate I really am.
Today I am inspired by a quick conversation I had with Maestro Thierry Fischer this evening as we were leaving the Symphony. Jun Markl, a wonderful guest conductor, was in town, so the Maestro was seated in the First Tier tonight (and it was intriguing to watch him during the performance). As we left, I asked him if it was possible to just enjoy the performance, or if he found himself working while he was sitting. His response was a simple, "It is a gift to be able to sit here." This was on the heels of an unrelated comment he made last week about leadership during a pre-concert talk ("You need that person with the vision, especially when everything is going well.") I'm realizing that our Music Director for the Utah Symphony is not just musically talented, but is also a very thoughtful man- and one with vision. In short, he's what I view as an ideal leader.
Now playing: Milk Carton Kids "Michigan" (Please see my above encouragement to check them out. There's a great NPR Tiny Desk Concert with them that you can stream.)