My last songwriter's night was a bit disappointing. One person came for the event, and one person came to debate Christianity.
We ended up not doing a lot of songwriting. Sigh.
The whole reason I wanted to do this event was because I longed for a place to be encouraged in my art by likeminded believers. Then pretty much the opposite happened.
The good news was that the one guy who showed up for the songwriting group is someone I've known of but haven't been friends with until now. I am so thankful for this connection we've made over music. (I know his mom as well, who also happens to be my neighbor.) I think we are going to help each other out with songwriting a lot. We might even end up collaborating, which I am much more thrilled about than just writing my own songs.
I almost don't want to do another songwriting night and just keep focused on my own writing. And that may end up happening eventually, but for now, I know I'm not supposed to give up just because I was challenged in a way I wasn't expecting. If there's really no interest after a few times, it'll probably just be me and Jimmy hanging out, writing music. And I am totally cool with that. It's all too easy to get distracted and come up with lots of excuses not to do things...but I'm ready to write again.
