I decided to start this weeks article off with a story I received
in an e-mail its by an unknown author. I believe it holds the
keys to creating success and wealth in just about any area of your
life, even in your music career:
A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long
white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize
them. She said “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry.
Please come in and have something to eat.”
“Is the man of the house home?”, they asked.
“No,” she said. “He’s out.”
“Then we cannot come in,” they replied.
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had
happened. “Go tell them I am home and invite them in!”
The woman went out and invited the men in. “We do not go into a
House together,” they replied. “Why is that?” she wanted to know.
One of the old men explained: “His name is Wealth,” he said
pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one,
“He is Success, and I am Love.”
Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one
of us you want in your home.”
The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband
was overjoyed. “How nice!!”, he said. “Since that is the case,
let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with
wealth!”
His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?”
Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the
house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: “Would it not be
better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!”
“Let us heed our daughter-in-law’s advice,” said the husband to
his wife.
“Go out and invite Love to be our guest.” The woman went out and
asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come
in and be our guest.”
Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two
also got up and followed him.
Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited
Love, Why are you coming in?”
The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or
Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out, but since you
invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is
Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!
So did you get the message? More importantly here, do you see how
this lesson can help you in your music career? For most musicians
the whole reason that they even started on this path of creating a
career and making a living off of their music was the pure love of
their music itself. It wasn’t about groupies, fans, million dollar
contracts, and worldwide fame. It was about the joy of playing an
instrument or the love of expressing themselves through singing,
rapping or songwriting. However, somewhere down the line artists
tend to forget about this love, pursuing the shine of the pearl over
the pearl itself.
So this week your assignment is to go back and get back in touch
with the original reasons you intended on entering this path.
Refocus yourself to again do it just for the pure love of your own
music, still promote, still market, and still pursue your careers
ultimate goals, but this time do it with the sole purpose of doing
it for the fun and joy it brings and not for the fame and successes
that the industry can bring. I feel that not only will this give you
a new perspective to go from, but it will also recharge your batteries
and set you out on a newer higher course of action. These are just my
personal thoughts however, so do with them what you wish, but it’s
my belief that success and wealth will only chase those that aren’t
chasing them in a sense.
Until next time, Get out there and Manifest Your Career Success!
Tags: joy music career success, love, success, wealth