nature vs. nurture
nature vs. nurture __________________________ "What are you afraid of?" Carolyn asked. It was only our second session, long before I had taken any real steps in my search. We were trying to get to the root of my resistance. Why was it so difficult for me to move forward? I knew the steps I could take, so why wasn't I taking them? "I'm afraid that I'll find out my birth mother or someone else in my biological family is a musician," I replied. This was confusing to me and I didn't understand why it was scary, but it was. _____________ I can't remember a time when I didn't know how to read music. I began taking piano lessons at the age of three and one of my earliest memories as a child was humming Carol of the Bells in the back of our van, followed by singing, " G F# G E," over and over while staring out the window. My earliest memories of piano lessons include my piano teacher's red pen and the smell of her pi...