Brad Scott Smith, Manager of Used Grooves record shop, tells us what he's thinking about: "I just turned 42, so this is something that's been totally going through my mind all the time: I live my life by the motto of 'No Regrets.' I don't know if I would change anything about my life because that would alter where I am now. And I'm happy. So, no, I wouldn't change anything. Everything I've done has been a challenge or a test to get me here, where I'm at. Not to be vague, but in the big picture, it's all universal energy."
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I caught this gentleman enjoying a walk Downtown last Sunday. He's from Nashville and plays with the David Phelps Band, who were playing the State Theater that night. "If you could do one thing over again and change it, what would it be?" "I think I would take more advantage of the time. Not waste time." "So, what's one time when you could have been more present?" "Nothing I can pinpoint exactly now, but there are any number of things you could be doing…I don't know…I know I can be an abuser of time, and I think we all take time for granted and she you do that you get older and you go, 'Wow… What happened?' You are where you are. Life is a string of choices, good and bad and hopefully most of them are good. But we all make good ones and bad ones; it's just a matter of how you deal with both. Some people don't deal with bad choices well. And some people don't deal with good choices well, too…" Me: "When did you find your faith?" Him: "As I was growing up, I realized that people who believed in the Lord behaved differently and treated other people differently and even though they sometimes failed, they came back to it. Because we all fail. My friends fail. I fail. It doesn't mean you're perfect just because you're a Christian. It just means you keep trying. You're forgiven and you keep trying and you fail again, but you know you're forgiven." I thanked him for sharing his story, turned off the recorder and got ready to walk away. He stopped me and asked if he could add one last thought. I told him, "Of course" and turned the recorder back on. Him: "The church I grew up in closed many years ago, and I feel really good about being a part of this downtown Easton church, the First United Church of Christ, because there is something that I cannot put into words, but there's something that I feel, worshipping in a place where people have worshipped for hundreds of years, means something to me. There are places you could worship, and I'm not saying that Christ isn't in those places, but when you worship in a place where you know people have worshipped for hundreds of years before, there's something you feel there." Me: "What advice would you give to your daughter?" Mom: "I think we're learning from her. She's amazing. She's doing better than both of us ever did. She's a doctor at Easton Hospital." Me: "Okay, what advice would you give to your parents?" Daughter: "Relax and enjoy life and have fun. They've worked really hard their entire lives." Me: "Are they having a hard time relaxing?" Daughter: "Oh, yeah. They're always on the go. They cleaned my apartment when I was at work." Him: "I'm a musician, classically trained. I play guitar, bass, keyboards and vocals." Me: "Why the passion for music?" Him: "Must be the natural thing about music. I've had it all my life and I haven't been able to do without it. I'll tell you a story: the six months I went without, it wasn't good. That's my calm, that's my serenity, that's my peace. That's my music." Me: "You went six months without it--what caused that?" Him: "Some girl!" (Laughs loudly) |
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August 2018
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