ONE REPUBLIC - Counting Stars *8 Cellos Layered

I've had the blessing of performing for great crowds, and I cannot get over the intoxicating feeling of receiving love from strangers. Music has always led me to meet warm and friendly people.

Truth be told, music didn't always make me feel happy. I thank God everyday that I'm gifted with being naturally musical, but I was always lazy to practice.

My dad thought that his job was to break my laziness and spoiledness. And he chose music to build my character. For ten years, the long grueling hours of practicing, screaming, yelling, and misery changed me.

While total strangers encouraged me with kind words after watching my concerts, they had no idea about how our house became a war zone. Only my close friends knew that my dad was oppressively strict and brutally controlling.

There's nothing better for learning discipline than playing a virtuosic instrument like a violin or cello. With the guitar, as long as I put my finger in between the frets I can get the correct note. With the cello, I have to place my finger precisely on the right spot on a fingerboard without frets. If I'm even just .039370 inches off, I'm out of tune.

With the piano, I just push down on the right keys and the notes sound in tune with a good tone. The white keys on the piano are .92520 inches apart and have a much larger margin for error if I were to accidentally not put my finger precisely on the key.

Technique, muscle memory, and good intonation for each note requires years and years of tenacious practice. So my greatest debt is to my dad because even when I hated him, he refused to let me quit cello and piano. One of the worst things, I think, a parent can do is to let their children quit playing music.

No matter what your parents did, you will remain a "mental child" as long as you blame them for your unhappiness. You'll continue to see yourself as a child, and compare yourself to other people, thinking they're better than you.

However, when you get over the mistakes your parents made, you become free from this emotional trap. After you accept that you're responsible for your own happiness, you'll see yourself as being transformed into a "mental adult," and in charge of your own life.

Since your mind can hold only one thought at a time, you can substitute a positive thought for a negative thought. No blaming and take responsibility.

"The parents of a good child is very happy. The father who has a wise son is glad" (Proverbs 23:24).

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