Two out of Three's Not Bad

In a previous post, I wrote about feeling unable to do certain things due to a lack of confidence. So as an update, here's how I went on: I went to the restaurant, and instead of having a meal, I just had a drink. Hopefully in future it will get easier and easier, so that eventually I'll be ordering a meal with the rest of my friends. I played my guitar at the World Mental Health Awareness Day. I played an improvisation with a new recruit (which can be seen on The Jam Factory blog, the video was made by Natalie, on her nifty mobile phone! and along with Pete Junior, I played "A Bird of Prayer," which is my own composition. I played these sitting on the steps of the stage, so hopefully the more I get back into playing live music, I'll eventually be able to stand on stage playing. Enrolling at college was the one I couldn't get myself to do, but I'm considering doing an online course, doing computer graphics instead. I managed to do these things, because of all the encouragement I received from friends at the Jam Factory and from the Media Action Group, (and Kate from the American.) Thanks for all the help I received, especially Natalie, who also made a lasting memory of the day for me by videoing me and taking photos.

POEM - About Risk

It's a risk to attempt new beginnings
But hasn't life always been a risk?
To cry is to risk appearing foolish.
To reach out is to risk entanglement.
To go forward is to risk failure.
Yet the greatest risk, is for you to risk nothing.
For then there would be no further possibilities of
Learning and changing, or travelling upon the journey of life.
(Anonymous.)