coulou's cafe trumpet meditations (no. 46)

Описание: hihi everyone, hope you are all doing well this week :) if you're somewhere where the seasons are changing i also hope you're getting a chance to take a moment and appreciate the transition of seasons. i wasn't expecting to be able to spend time in nature this week, but some planets decided to align and i just made sure to follow. yesterday, i had two conversations with two people i am very close with. one of them in so many ways is already very successful in their career in the arts, the other person is really in their first year pursuing a path in the arts. both of them, totally separately, were dealing with the "is this what i want to be doing with my life" existential moments. both dealing with the anxious thoughts of an imagined future where things don't work out exactly and their lives just didn't turn out the way they wanted. its a super real fear, something i think you can feel at any point on your journey! like at the end of the day there are only so many pieces in life that we have any sense of control over. but both conversations were incredibly helpful for me to have (hopefully for them as well). a clear point came up into my mind while talking to each of them. i thought about how back in 2019 when i had first moved to new york, everything seemed to fall apart. i had a job lined up at a label on Sony that fell through, and between sessions and picking up literally any random job or gig i could find, i was in a constant state of "my god did i really decide to pursue this crazy path of art i could be struggling my whole life." then, i finally was able to get a job working in a bakery, waking up at 4am, getting on the bus and baking all day. now it sounds pretty fun but honestly i was so depressed then and i felt really just like, scared of the path? but! over the next five years, the bakery job turned into a coffee shop job that turned into a natural wine job and all the while i was touring, recording, performing, writing constantly. every year, i grew and moved closer to the person i wanted to be. and even though some years have been muchhhhh harder, every year i have gotten to live my life closer and closer to what feels most right. through every hardship, loss, and failure my life overall has continued to become better, more loving, and more me. all this to say, when you feel lost, when you feel scared of your next steps... first ! validate those feelings, cause the world is scary and thats ok! but next, take a deep breath and think of all the times you got through a hard period of time in life. every time you learned a new skill, made a new friend, created a new sense of home, found new passions. we are simply the sum of the truths we tell ourselves, and i think its to all our benefits to find some trust in our own selves. trust you'll fight for a world you want to live in, trust you will create spaces you feel comfortable in, trust you will connect with people who are good for you. we can't control this path, but if you took a moment and looked back at all the times that came before this one you'd probably notice you havent given yourself the credit you deserve. you deserve the sense of peace that comes with trusting yourself, you've worked so hard to get to where you are now ya know! practice trusting yourself, practice trusting your path. ok dis week was kinda specific and not sure if that made any sense, but if it connects with one of you that would be great. i also also, gotta make a separate video on this, but JHS pedals sent me their Colour Box pre amp and my guitar is running through that in this meditation and i just gotta say its added such a present and warm tone to the instrument and i loveeee it. definitely worth checking out, they make amazing pedals.

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ok, love you all so much! trust yourself! love yourself!

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love,

coulou