Trending Out of Tune

Have you ever noticed when your life seems to be in tune. Then, have you noticed, when your life seems to be trending out of tune. This is an incredibly important concept borrowed from music. After you have "tuned up" and played for a while, you'll begin trending out of tune. The instrument will sound dull and lifeless. It will sound as if you're moving away from the correct note. My life plays out as though the string and note are trending out of tune. After I've wound up, tuned, and rehearsed for a bit, I'll begin trending out of tune. The instrument sounds as if it doesn't wish to play the intended note any longer. But instead plays a note reminiscent of the intended note. Like a sister note, or cousin note. Of course the only remedy to this problem is to tune the instrument, and start anew. But what can we learn from the near miss of trending out of tune? Those shy, dull, lifeless notes, are notes unto themselves. Buried in some microtonal scale sitting dusty in the archives. Or played in another context does that trending out of tune note sound like an embellishment, a slow slide or bend? Is it a tattoo of rehearsal where the off-key note is a sign that the rehearsal is complete? Or the beginning of the second round, and an introduction to play. Whatever you call "trending out of tune," it's clear that the instrument needs to be put in tune and played anew. So until the next time we fall out of tune. Happy strumming.