Good Morning Peeps
- Tonya Noga
- Jan 19, 2016
- 3 min read
Good Morning Peeps
Here in Nashville it is 14 degrees and this gives cold a whole new meaning. Still this isn't the basis of how my day will go....that part will start with me. Beiginning with this hot cup of coffee and any Silver Linings that will come my way. Just for the record...are many. The question is which one will I choose for today?
Over the past few days I was going through my newest songs that I would like to start playing out more often and thinking about which ones I would like to take into the studio.
I stopped and went back to a moment in time when I was sitting in my room playing songs that I had written and was afraid to play them in front of other people.....for fear of not being able to actually play them and fear that no one would like my songs. The core of all my fear probably stemmed back to when I was younger and was told that I couldn't. It's amazing the imprint that can be left on a young person if they are told enough times that they can't do something. Really....it's not an easy thing to overcome.
Eventually years had passed and time brought me to the right place and right time with the right people in my path that encouraged me to open up and let that passion inside of me breathe and take on a life all it's own. So...that is what I did....I let the music happen along with breaking down so many walls of fear. Everyday I got a little bit closer to the point of taking a leap of faith and just doing it! Like anything new it took time to believe in myself that I could actually perform my songs in front of people and it would be ok. Laughing to myself while thinking about it......I remember being so nervous that hands would shake and the adrenaline would go through my legs and straight to my feet causing a severe shaking that wouldn't stop....... until I took one foot and set it on the other just to keep it from vibrating off the chair.. That's when I learned it was better for me to stand a perform at a writers round instead of sitting. From that point on I never sat down again. Which works out great, because I found that because I have so much energy in my songs, I was able to take that energy and and put it directly into each song I was performing.
While sitting hear wrapping up my morning thought and taking my last sip of coffee... I realize that my Silver Lining is this..... Today I just need to breathe and take a leap of Faith that whatever hppens to come my way will be at the right time and right place. Meanwhile... I just keep doing what I do.......moving towards my Dream and living each day with a purpose. Believing in myself and the things I do and paying it forward with a positive affirmation to others that are trying to do the same thing or have been in my shoes.
Peeps have an awesome day and I will catch you on the flipside!
~Tonya Noga
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