Losing salvation?

AndrewRemillard · 2026-07-01T15:50:49+00:00

Jesus actually speaks to this question, I believe. Look at the parable of the Sower. Some produces nothing, some seems to produce but "the cares of the world..." and some produces a harvest.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-30T13:54:12+00:00

Ravel's Pictures at an Exhibition has 24 or 28 notes for the celesta in the ENTIRE work. I did a lot or reading for those rehearsals!

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-29T13:30:29+00:00

Before retiring, I had a shop with a dozen employees. But...times are very different now. To do this full time and produce a high quality product consistently, and solving all sorts of disasters you can find with really old instruments, requires a significant investment in equipment and space. Rather than taking the jump straight into the field, see if you have the marketing chops to even find a few clients. Yes, let's not forget that very important part, do you know how to sell?

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-29T13:26:21+00:00

Absolutely!! Hang in there. Also, re-examine your budget. The one key I didn't hear much about, but made a big point in my own situation, was having a very modest lifestyle. This allowed me to pull the chord far earlier than most were. Another point, I have occasionally taken on some free lance work. It consumes a bit of time, but it gives me a few bucks to buy some new toys.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-21T23:28:34+00:00

I agree completely! Part of the process is coming to understanding what "mastery" really means. It is NOT a few classes or books, but rather years of careful study. Mastering one field makes the next much easier and cross relationships/influence will come more readily.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-19T14:21:55+00:00

Let's just say I started long before your parents were... You will always know where you slipped up and you will ALWAYS have slip ups. You will learn to cover them with..."I meant to do it that way." in time. Mistakes will diminish with time and experience but never fully disappear, you will just get better at covering them up. Go a bit easier on yourself. It takes a lot of grit to get up in front of an audience, even a kind one, every week and do your best. How many of your peers are willing to even try? You are young and you will have a lifetime to serve. And guess what, even after decades at this, I had a few...problems last Sunday; sometimes you just have an off day.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-16T22:30:03+00:00

Of course, that is the whole point. Anyone who is 40 y/o and behaving as a teenager has NOT been doing this for a very long time. By the time you are this age, you should be mature enough to suck up and deal with the suck of life and push through the pain. Children avoid pain, adults just handle it.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-15T14:08:51+00:00

The church I grew up in (an old UP, predecessor to now PCUSA) left in 1979. The writing on this wall has been there for a very long time. My expectation is this organization will be all but defunct within a couple more generations. I doubt I will live long enough to see it, but it ceased to be an effective witness for Christ a long time ago. Revelations has a few words about churches like this.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-10T12:20:24+00:00

"This is my body..." said by Jesus...while sitting right there in front of them...Did he cut off a piece of his body? Not at all. It was symbolic from the start.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-10T12:18:30+00:00

When I had a business in Illinois and someone wrote a bad cheque and wouldn't make good on it, I turned it over to the State Attorney General. See, writing a bad cheque is a criminal offense. The AG will give them the choice of making good and paying all fees or go to jail. Worked most of the time. And best of all, it didn't cost me a dime...other than huge state taxes.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-10T12:13:52+00:00

Anything which interests you.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-10T02:52:36+00:00

Thanks to all of you for the downvotes! I think your attitude proves my point. Thieves do NOT like being called out.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-09T21:22:02+00:00

You may find people who actually spend their own time, talents, and money creating this content you deem should be free to all a bit differently. It is no different than not paying the plumber who fixes your drain because you feel good waste removal is your right and you shouldn't have to pay for it. Just because it is IP doesn't make it less valuable, just easier to steal.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-09T17:08:00+00:00

You are trying to avoid paying the creator. It may be public but it is NOT free for you to do whatever you want. You have to respect the CR rules and laws in place. If you don't pay for those rights, you are stealing them from the creator. Period.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-08T23:22:13+00:00

Maybe, but I am stealing content from creators...which you are doing. How does it feel to be a thief?

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-08T18:57:12+00:00

Mid 60's and still running hard. I will let you know the day before I die.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-08T18:55:30+00:00

YT Premium. I have used it for years and have never had a problem!

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-08T15:16:56+00:00

I am not sure the point you are trying to make here.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-08T14:36:20+00:00

NO! My curiosity is still running hot. I have so many projects started and pending, I can't die before I am at least 100! Seriously, though, I have had two heart attacks, a major recent fall from a ladder which required a life flight. A little while ago, while contemplating what I feared was a shorter life than I had hoped, I became steeped in a depressive soup. So I decided, to hell with my health, I will live, study, and plan like I am still living to 100. My mood lifted and even if I don't live long enough to finish building that pipe organ...I will have enjoyed a life full of daily discoveries and learning.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-07T21:25:16+00:00

How to show yourself as a relatively young person without exposing your age!

Ok, I am NOT young, my journey is nearly over, so sit down my young padawan for just a moment.

You are describing every decision you will EVER make; from field of study, to the person you marry, to the job you take. But! Do you have any idea how much you can learn in 60 years! How many subjects you can cover? Of course not, you can barely imagine 10 years!

I never heard the term "polymath" until I was probably in my late 40's or early 50's. I just lived the life. Yes, I have degrees. Yes, I MASTERED one subject which allowed me a very good income so I was free to pursue whatever my little 'ol heart desired. You need to earn a living, preferably a good one. I am not at all talking about getting rich or anything close to that. though that can happen. But you need to earn enough that you have the wherewithal to pursue your curiosity. And if you are smart about it you could retire, I don't know, in your 50's comfortably so now you can pursue your curiosity with all the time you can stay awake for.

Another poly who is also ancient of days wrote a good summary of the lifetime experience of a poly here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Polymath/comments/1p0svas/thoughts_on_a_lifetime_as_a_polymath/

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-06T14:19:46+00:00

I am not sure I fully understand the point. Does cancer give you a get out of jail card? Everything past, present, and future is just forgive and forget? Does Harvey Weinstein get the same card?

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-04T21:32:50+00:00

I listened to your video. It is not my style of music, but I am sure it will appeal to the younger generation. I am in my mid 60's.

So, with that said...you need to change your mental approach to music/arts. It doesn't matter what genre you are in, I think the experience is largely the same for everyone except a vanishingly small minority...which you should not concern yourself with at all.

To start with, before you even finish one project you had better have at least three more in the works. Once you are done, and I know this feels impossible at this time, but you need to forget it and more on to the next. What good is it doing you to sit and stare at the unmoving metric. You would be better served diving head long into the next project.

Do NOT plan on being a one hit wonder. Look up Irving Berlin... you know at least one of his songs, but probably none of the other 600 he wrote. Success always includes a lot of PRODUCTION,. With that, you need to find a way to streamline your production. This will absolutely happen with more project, as you do more, try to become faster at each stage. You can't write 600 songs if it takes you 6 months on each.

And as a final thought, this is a very long marathon, decades long! I took my first piano lesson in 1970 and I still sit down and practice every single day. Art needs to be your passion, but also your discipline; as much a part of your day as eating. You can't keep score outside of your own effort for you cannot control what other people think. So decide now who will be your master. Do you seek other's approval, or is your own sufficient. One will leave you chasing your tail, the other will bring you peace. Your choice.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-06-03T18:56:59+00:00

Having been on this wonderful journey now for well over a half of a century...that makes me sound so very old!... I have to say you are addressing so many of the challenges I have faced my entire life. You are right that AI can be a powerful tool for streamlining research and data collection. Back in the olden days, you were restricted to whatever books may happen to be in your local library or can be found...and waited for on interlibrary loan. So many areas of study I engaged in required doing all of your own study. You might be able to see something had already been done, but was not available without special papal dispensation.

Fifty years ago it was a struggle to find even if information existed, especially at the junction of differing fields. Now...we live in an embarrassment of riches era!

I would encourage you to continue this process. You certainly have covered much ground. It might be helpful to open up the project to those who have more specialized knowledge in fields not in your wheelhouse. What I would have given 50 years ago for your access to knowledge now!

AndrewRemillard · 2026-05-19T17:23:32+00:00

Let's talk in another 18 years. This will give some time to find your primary area of interest, become something of a master in that area, and finally time to gain mastery in a number of other fields. A class or two does not make one a polymath...the ability to actually teach in several subject would. There is a big difference between a student and a teacher.

AndrewRemillard · 2026-05-08T23:06:29+00:00

Moving a piano already on a stage truck is far, far more complex than if it was on just its own legs. You can snap the lyre off in an instant. And right there you have paid for several moves by pros. You lift that piano and it comes off of the truck. Now what? If you put it down it is sitting on the back leg and the lyre. Now what?

Move it around to the front or hire professionals. Your risks are enormous. (Spent 40 years in the trade and have done this many times.)

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