"Are you a chicken or a pig?"

What sort of commitment do you have regarding the activities in your life? To your major? To the people you love? How much of your time and energy do you devote to things that you love? What about the things you find less enjoyable? How does your energy and effort compare to the people around you?


All these questions boil down to one:

Are you a chicken or a pig?


Your first reaction may be of confusion. Yes, it's a weird question... Are you a chicken or a pig? And I don't mean: are you a coward or do you like to eat to excess? That's not it at all!

Picture yourself at breakfast. The food is hot and steaming, and you are hungry and ready to eat. Directly in front of you are two plates. One is filled with fluffy, golden scrambled eggs and the other has strips of hot bacon, still sizzling from the skillet. You help yourself to both the eggs and bacon and begin to eat as soon as the food is cool enough for you to swallow.

As you imagine yourself eating this breakfast, think about the two animals you are eating... What sort of commitment did they have to this breakfast? The chicken only had to lay a couple eggs, but let's face it... The pig had to die so that you could eat bacon. The pig had a much bigger investment in your breakfast.

Now let me ask the question again:

Are you a chicken or a pig?

Has your answer changed? This isn't meant to guilt-trip you about the food you eat, only to make you think. What is your level of commitment to the things in your life? Do you give 100% all the time? Are there instances when you are a chicken and other times when you are a pig? Have you ever found yourself being a pig when the people around you were chickens and vice versa? Have you ever wanted to change your level of commitment?

Think about it....

...And whatever you do... What ever you choose... Whether it be band, choir, the theatre, your family, or your chosen area of study. Be passionate about the things you love.

"Have a good rehearsal."

-Lourey M., Band Devotion 3-25-08

Don't forget that:

1. Each person changes band and band changes each person.
2. It doesn't matter if they are in the audience that day or not. Always play for someone you love.
3. You never know who is in the audience listening to the music we are making. You never know how what they hear will affect them.