Music and missionaries

I have 77 drafts of posts for this blog. SEVENTY-SEVEN. Sometimes I feel ridiculous for not just posting one of those 77 other ideas I had at some point in time, and today was one of those times. I decided to just go choose one and post it, as is. However, they're all pretty short, so here are a couple unrelated ones.

"Their music all sounds the same"

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This is an argument I've never understood: 

"Their music all sounds the same."

Well yeah, isn't that the idea? If you want to be an artist, you've got to develop something that's your own. Only by making everything sound similar can you ensure that those who hear your music will know it's really you. 

Plus also, if you want variety, you are welcome to listen to, like, different artists and stuff.

And apparently that's all I really have to say on the subject.

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"The nice thing"

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Well you see, 
the nice thing about waiting for a missionary
is letting them go.
It's that they change while they're gone.
They change to be something so much greater:
more humble, 
teachable, 
open,
welcoming,
charitable.
And you watch them. And you fall even more in love. 
Because now, they have even more good stuff to love.
And you loved them before they left,
and you thought you couldn't let go in that one last hug,
but you did.
Because it was the good, better, and best choice, all in one.

And then they come back. 
And you love them so much more.
And when you hug them, you think you might never let go.
But that's the nice thing about waiting for a missionary: 
eventually, 
you don't have to let go.

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Hey look, now I'm down to 75. That's a nice round number. This was fun, maybe I'll do it again sometime.