Andrés Solé Newsletter # 2

Here comes my second newsletter of life in Miami and what is going on with my music. I have spent a lot of time reading more about the music busniness. Reading always gets my mind asking questions. The main question I have been persuing the last months is ”What are the ingredients of a classic song?”

All things happen for a reason

This is a belief I have always had and for which I am very thankful. I am not really sure exactly where it came from, but most probably a mixture of the positivism my parents instilled in me and the hope taught by religious beliefs. In any case, yesterday I read a story in a book that put this idea very clearly and I thought I would share it. The book is called “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle, the author of “The Power of Now”. His thoughts are very interesting and though I don’t agree with everything he says I think he is on to some very interesting psychological theories about how we perceive our lives. You can check out his website to learn more: www.eckharttolle.com.

The Story goes like this:
“… a wise man won an expensive car in a lottery. His family and friends were very happy for him and came to celebrate. ‘Isn’t it great!’ they said. ‘You are so lucky.’ The man smiled and said, ‘Maybe.’ For a few weeks he enjoyed driving the car. Then one day a drunken driver crashed into his new car at an intersection and he ended up in the hospital, with multiple injuries. His family and friends came to see him and said, ‘That was really unfortunate.’ Again the man smiled and said, ‘Maybe.’ While he was still in the hospital, one night there was a landslide and his house fell into the sea. Again his friends came the next day and said, ‘Weren’t you lucky to have been in the hospital.’ Again he said, ‘Maybe.’
The wise man’s ‘maybe’ signifies a refusal to judge anything that happens. Instead of judging what is, he accepts it…”
I can’t really be sure if all things happen for a reason, but just the fact that I see it that way and don’t fight situations, but accept them and go with them makes life easier. Not that I am passive and don’t fight for what I want, but what is done can’t be changed, what can be changed is how I react to situations and what I do about them. As my father once told me, “When you’ve made a mistake, the best thing you can do is pick yourself up and think, what is the best thing I can do from where I am right now?” This view on life also allows me to see coincidences as meaningful, instead of them being pure chance, which makes life more exciting to live. There is a great book that talks about this whole topic of coincidences called “The spontaneous fulfilment of desire” by Deepak Chopra, which I recommend highly. It is very interesting reading regardless of what you believe and opens your mind to a lot of interesting subjects like synchrodestiny, cell memory, etc. “A New Earth” was given to me by a good friend, thank you Lili! One last quote I liked from the book was “This too will pass” which puts things in perspective… life, fame, fortune, blogs, etc. So let’s enjoy the now!

Your thoughts and comments are of course more then welcome!