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My wife is a genius!
By Sean | January 11, 2010
If I really concentrate but don’t think too much…
This day almost went buy without a blog entry or tweet. My wife and I are hanging out watching a show and I ask her how her drumming (African style Dejembe drum) practice was going. She said that she was spending a lot of her time on the advanced lessons and mentioned that she has about 65 percent of them down pretty good and that some were out of reach still.
She then blew me away when she said “I’m making pretty good progress if I really concentrate but don’t think too much”. I asked her to repeat what she said because the idea of concentration tends to imply focused thought. However it dawned on me that concentration may also be a completely focused state without much or even any rational or logical thought at all. I was reminded of my own musical experiences and even surfing or hang gliding when I was absolutely absorbed in what I was doing but not thinking at all.
I honestly feel like I’m stating the obvious in this post — but often taking the time to observe the obvious but experience it in a fresh way is what produces some of the finest realizations. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
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