Post by ericjohnson on Aug 20, 2008 17:26:29 GMT 8
nobody's perfect?
Being band members for the longest time, I have the pleasure of playing for my wife’s singing on countless gigs. But somehow, every now and again, she would fuss at me for a wrong note (or notes) played on a song esp during an adlib. Although a lot of times I managed to get away with it unnoticed by the untrained ear, some mistakes really are just plain obvious. Hence, a number of raised eyebrows as they tease and question my guitar playing abilities.
Normally, I just smile or laugh it off. Making a fool of myself is sometimes cute… but only when it’s with playing my favorite musical instrument. Sadly, not all mistakes are shrugged off that easy. Sometimes, mistakes are so painstaking, it comes with humiliation and undesirable consequences. Some mistakes are easily forgiven and forgotten. Some, take a longer time to get over.
Nonetheless, we should not forget that everybody makes mistakes hence the phrase: “nobody’s perfect”. However much we try to be, perfectionism is one thing we humans are deprived of.
My (and many others’) idol in motorcycle banking is the ever smooth “red”. Countless times we have ridden together in the twisties of antipolo, pililla, marilaque rizal even up and down baguio. And on these rides, he has proven steady hands and total control of his bike. Even on that fateful Christmas eve (2005?) when we rode to bugarin, rizal and the rookie EJ crashed his wave100. more than 2 years after that, “red” is still the ever steady rider that leads almost all GIMC rides. Our idol, he is just perfect. Until finally one quickie threesome ride to famy laguna, just 1km passed the EJ crash site... red, after overtaking a truck in the lonely streets of pililla, crashed, tumbled over a stone on the side of the road. My eyes almost popped in shock as I see him actually tuck and roll as his bike slammed to the ground. Immediately rushing to him, he got up, shook his head and took off his P20k red shoei helmet and blurted: “nagasgasan yata ah!”. –lol.
I can not tell you how we were relieved to see red unhurt. More so, I am relieved to know that he actually does makes mistakes after all.
Sometimes, it’s hard to get over a mistake esp when the people around us aren’t encouraging. But every now and then, we also develop hydrocephalus (oversized head) when things go our way too well. When this happens, it’s easy to get too "yabang" (may auto-edit pala) and think highly of ourselves over others.
Whichever our situation is, let us always take time to square ourselves and stop to think: “what do others think of me?”.
ej
Ps: when you still think that you’re doing fairly well than others, ask yourself: “how do I fare compared to Jesus?”.
Rom 12:3 I realize how kind God has been to me, and so I tell each of you not to think you are better than you really are. Use good sense and measure yourself by the amount of faith that God has given you.
Being band members for the longest time, I have the pleasure of playing for my wife’s singing on countless gigs. But somehow, every now and again, she would fuss at me for a wrong note (or notes) played on a song esp during an adlib. Although a lot of times I managed to get away with it unnoticed by the untrained ear, some mistakes really are just plain obvious. Hence, a number of raised eyebrows as they tease and question my guitar playing abilities.
Normally, I just smile or laugh it off. Making a fool of myself is sometimes cute… but only when it’s with playing my favorite musical instrument. Sadly, not all mistakes are shrugged off that easy. Sometimes, mistakes are so painstaking, it comes with humiliation and undesirable consequences. Some mistakes are easily forgiven and forgotten. Some, take a longer time to get over.
Nonetheless, we should not forget that everybody makes mistakes hence the phrase: “nobody’s perfect”. However much we try to be, perfectionism is one thing we humans are deprived of.
My (and many others’) idol in motorcycle banking is the ever smooth “red”. Countless times we have ridden together in the twisties of antipolo, pililla, marilaque rizal even up and down baguio. And on these rides, he has proven steady hands and total control of his bike. Even on that fateful Christmas eve (2005?) when we rode to bugarin, rizal and the rookie EJ crashed his wave100. more than 2 years after that, “red” is still the ever steady rider that leads almost all GIMC rides. Our idol, he is just perfect. Until finally one quickie threesome ride to famy laguna, just 1km passed the EJ crash site... red, after overtaking a truck in the lonely streets of pililla, crashed, tumbled over a stone on the side of the road. My eyes almost popped in shock as I see him actually tuck and roll as his bike slammed to the ground. Immediately rushing to him, he got up, shook his head and took off his P20k red shoei helmet and blurted: “nagasgasan yata ah!”. –lol.
I can not tell you how we were relieved to see red unhurt. More so, I am relieved to know that he actually does makes mistakes after all.
Sometimes, it’s hard to get over a mistake esp when the people around us aren’t encouraging. But every now and then, we also develop hydrocephalus (oversized head) when things go our way too well. When this happens, it’s easy to get too "yabang" (may auto-edit pala) and think highly of ourselves over others.
Whichever our situation is, let us always take time to square ourselves and stop to think: “what do others think of me?”.
ej
Ps: when you still think that you’re doing fairly well than others, ask yourself: “how do I fare compared to Jesus?”.
Rom 12:3 I realize how kind God has been to me, and so I tell each of you not to think you are better than you really are. Use good sense and measure yourself by the amount of faith that God has given you.