I sit back and wonder, “is life one big accident?” there are times when I think, yes, it’s all one big random exercise in accidental accidents. But those times usually occur when I’m frustrated or upset about something I either did or failed to do. The reality of life, at least from my perspective, is that there are no accidents or coincidences. Really, life is no accident.
Several months ago, the political world made it clear that I am no part of it. Two politically related doors shut: 1) the Governor’s office forced me to resign; and, 2) The school board moved me into a voting district for which a school board position is not available for another two years. When 2023 started, I planned on remaining employed and running for a school board seat. But when those two doors shut, I realized that the political world is not for me.
Life, though, did teach me something else: go where there is flow. About a week after the two doors shut, a genetic uncle of mine gave me a copy of his father’s life’s work, a musical framework he called the pan-acoustic system. Over the last several months, I have been learning this system, although I can’t say it’s easy. However, I have returned to the source of my curiosities: music and its technological resources.
It was music and technology that brought me into the world of software development. When I was really young, I learned how music can translate into computer code (using BASIC). Learning how to program a computer has provided for me and family and I am beyond grateful that it has.
However, now that the political world cast me out, I am now able to learn more about how music and its cognition work. Had it not been for the doors shutting as they had, I would not have found the pan-acoustic system. I would not have returned to the source of who I am. Life pulled me back into where I am supposed to be. I can now firmly say thank you to the Governor’s office for forcing me to resign and to the school board for placing me into a new district. The political world and I will not cross paths again. I have returned to my purpose and that’s simply not an accident.
