Dancing to the beat of your own drum

I participated in a drum circle at my yoga studio today. Drum circles are meditative, soothing,though a bit loud. As I was thumping along to the lead drummer, lost in the beat and the rhythm, it dawned on me how different each drum sounded. There were at least 20 of us. We all sounded different following our own cadence even though we had a similar groove going on. I starting thinking about how important it is to find your own pace, your own harmony, in life...to live according to your own beat. Life is a symphony filled with rich sounds, melodies and harmonies. It can be easy to get caught up in the noise of what other people are thinking or how they are living. With all the distractions we face on a daily basis and obligations we must attend to, it seems simpler to go along with what everyone else is doing. But we all have an internal beat, a voice that says follow your own heart, explore who you are and live from that truth. It can be scary because what if it goes against what you've always been taught, or what you've done for the last 30 years. But just like the constant steady pace of the drum leader, that internal beat just won't stop calling you to follow your own pulse, cadence, and flow. Quietly singing to you to live from who you really are. Someone once said, "Nothing pays like being yourself". In my opinion that's the best music of all.