Friday; April 10
I am just
a little too young to remember the impact that the announcement had, but it was
on this date in 1970 that Paul McCartney went public with the news of the
breakup of the Beatles. The boys from
Liverpool would not stop making music, they just wouldn’t be doing it
together. It is hard to fathom the
impact that this music group had on the world, but over fifty years later, the
music of the Beatles is touching people’s lives. As I was looking through some of Paul’s other
observations, I came across this one, “None of us wanted to be the bass
player. In our minds he was the fat guy
who always played in the back.”. If you
remember back to the Beatles, Paul played the bass and has continued to do it
for decades. I wonder what would have
happened – to the band or to Paul – if he hadn’t been willing to pick up the
bass?
I think we all enjoy the places of
honor doing what we want to do, but somebody has to play the bass. Someone needs to be okay with not getting
their way. When we do that, we enable
the process to take shape. Even if we
don’t ever become the face of the band, when we do what we can do we might just
be the cog that makes the wheel turn.
Let’s use the talents we have been
given – wherever they are needed. By doing what we can do we might actually
become the leader that makes success possible.
Think About It!