It just keeps getting better and better

Last week was incredibly fulfilling. From observing some of the finest university choral singing and conducting in the country to singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in rehearsal to hiking in the Arches National Park in Southeastern Utah, it has been a week I'll never forget.

This morning at the Tabernacle on Temple Square, I was granted permission to observe the taping of Music and the Spoken Word from inside the control room. What a unique perspective that was! Following the broadcast, conductor/composer Mack Wilberg and I had a very meaningful half-hour visit in his office.

I'm constantly learning the value of knowing what one wants and then asking for it. Remember that the worst answer you can get in those situations is "no". And on this journey, I've yet to hear that word.

I leave you tonight with wisdom from Joseph Campbell: "Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure. There is no security in following the call to adventure. Nothing is exciting if you know what the outcome is going to be. To refuse the call means stagnation. What you don't experience positively you will experience negatively. You enter the forest at the darkest point, where there is no path. Where there is a way or path, it is someone else's path. You are not on your own path. If you follow someone else's way, you are not going to realize your potential."

Have a great week!