*here's what i posted in my blog. i thought i'll post it here as well.*

the first step you take with God is like the first note you ever played on the piano. then you press the second note, you take another step.

since it’s your first time affair with the piano, you next few notes probably didn’t make a song. it is the same with your walk with God. i’m not sure if i can say i’m definite with my first few steps with Him.

to be like Maxim or Nikolai Lugansky (forget about being Beethovens and Mozarts for the moment), you have to practise, practise and practise. likewise, you have to walk, walk and walk. you just have to keep on walking till you’re in the promised land someday.

you have to learn scales, arpeggios and how to let your fingers walk and run on the keyboard. you need to learn the ways of those crazy (excuse me) romantic composers and modern nuts. there are the acciccaturas (i think so) and mordents and thrills and italian terms to bug you. there are skills to learn and master if you want to be a maestro at this.

to walk together, both need to walk at the same pace and you have to learn how to do that. now, to be able to talk while walking together, someone needs to open his/her mouth first. well in this case, God did and He’ll continue talking. you listen. sometimes He’ll be quiet so that you can speak and He listens. there is an understanding that has to be achieved if you want to walk together.

piano pieces are not always loud, neither are they always soft and sad. it can be jolly at a time and then it gradually gets louder and suddenly it flops down to near silence. with practises, you learn to be in control of this. situations change in life in a snap, it is one hell of a rollercoaster ride. you have to agree with me but by walking together with God, you ‘re never alone and everything is in control.

one day, after months of practises, you whip up a masterpiece. you play Chopin’s sonatas or someone’s Impromptus. you might even play Rimsky’s Bumblebee. now you can say that you are walking steadily at the same pace with Him.

but everything needs practises to keep it up. if sonatas and impromptus and etudes are not played over and over again, your fingers get rusty and if it continues to be so, they might just drop dead on the pavement one day. ask any musicians and they’ll agree with me. well, if you ask God for a break or two, it might take forever to catch up.

don’t play alone. no musicians triumph on their own. everyone needs some help some times, unless if you are God. when you have accompaniment, it makes music livelier. not always though, piano sounds good on its own too. you need to know then, when you will need a band and when it is time for some fun enjoyable solo music.

so play the piano, keep playing and let the music flow.

*I seem to be giving birthday wishes in the few post i upload. Here's one.

Happy Belated Birthday Uncle! Dun hate the title "uncle" anymore, will you? It's there for a reason, and the reason needs to be justified!*