The Path to the Unknown

'Anyone interested in performing in the District VIII Honors Jazz Band this year?' asked Mr. Yeazell, my band director 'Because I have all the information needed to sign- up for auditions.' For some reason, deep down inside I did not feel I had a chance at all of making the honors band, so I watched everybody else go up to obtain the application material. Days went by, and eventually I had forgotten completely …

…the same from them as I had from everybody else in the auditorium. During the car ride home, I had time to think about the past couple weeks, and the way I had expected the worst, yet come out on the positive side. Since the concert, I have had a different approach on life. Life is too short to worry about what could happen, instead I now spend my time finding out what will happen.