Fine Tuning

I got my piano tuned today. Couldn't tell you the last time it's been done. It's been mine for 14 years and I don't remember it ever being done when I was a kid (although my mom swears it was and I totally believe her.) The difference is amazing. Maybe it's enough to make my kids want to practice again.

It kind of got me thinking. I have been struggling with a few things lately; nothing major in any one else's world, but things that are making me wonder. Anyway, as I have been studying and pondering and praying, I have come to the conclusion that I am a little out of tune. Oh, you can make out what it's supposed to sound like, but I don't know that I've really been hearing what I'm supposed to hear.

So once again, I find myself needing to step back and just listen. If you haven't noticed, I am a little bit of a control freak and I try to plan and anticipate everything that may happen. No surprise that Allie's mental, eh? Anyway, last night I was reminded to "be still" and to "trust" and for the first time in quite some time, I feel a sense of peace.

I need to take the time to listen to my girls; to be more attentive to their needs and wants. I need to teach them and help them while they are still willing to let me. I want them to grow up to be confident young women and to have a sense of purpose that guides them from within, instead of from without.

I need to make the daily small adjustments that prevent the big adjustments that will be necessary if I don't keep up as I go. I am also reminded that "by small and simple means are great things come to pass."

I am grateful for all I have been blessed with and for the desire to be better. I am glad that I have people in my life to remind me to listen and adjust. I am grateful that there is someone who knows more than me and gently pulls and prods my string so that I can make beautiful music.

Enough of things figurative, back to the literal. Just FYI, if you make a big adjustment like I did, you need to have your piano tuned every six months.