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Practical Application #5: I Am Not A Victim

Picture of God #76, Sat 1/27/00

In a totally different context, I have written about victimization before.

My son is a very talented rock guitarist, composer and vocalist.  In a week his band has a very important audition for a very large record company, and they have been asked to go on tour with an important, multi-million seller-MTV-Video band.

The whole thing.

5 days ago some low-life cut through all the locks and stole most of the equipment from their rehearsal studio.

And another thing you must know....Unless you are not in the music industry you would have no reason to know that things are "not like they used to be."  Modern professional rock groups are dealing with some serious technology, and their performances are complex combinations of live and computer-synchronized pre-programmed support.  So the loss of this equipment was not just a matter of going out and buying a new piano....it's about 20 times more complex than that....Even once you can find replacements for these high-tech marvels (not as easy as it sounds since technology changes so quickly), they still have to be re-programmed, tested, practiced with, and so on.

And the record company WILL be there Feb 5...postponements do NOT happen in this industry, because there are so many other groups ready to take your place.

Now....I Will Be What I Will Be.  That's the whole thing, right?

A "lesser" person, faced with such (apparently insurmountable) circumstances, could understandably say, "Forget it.  We're done.  That's it."

But not John.

Oh no.

Determination....strength....I WILL BE SUCCESSFUL......

So, we had a fast fund raiser, most of the equipment has been replaced, and they are working very hard.

And his attitude?  "F*** 'em.  This is just going to make our set harder, tougher, leaner and meaner....we're going out there to Conquer!!"

Now, frankly, I think parents take WAY too much credit and blame for their kids...still and all, I could not possibly be more proud. 

He WILLS to be tough....He has WILLED to transform this experience into an opportunity for even greater success, not a cause to lay around feeling sorry for himself.

I + Will = Being.

So for those of you who might be reading this, still unconvinced that this God-Name stuff has any value or practical application, I recommend you not suggest anything like that to a certain up and coming L.A. rock band.....You might just get trampled on their way to success.

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