I've had this domain since 2002. I chose it because I am a bassist who plays a fretless electric bass guitar. According to dictionary.com, the definition of a fret is "any of the ridges of wood, metal, or string, set across the fingerboard of a guitar, lute, or similar instrument, which help the fingers to stop the strings at the correct points." Therefore, as you might properly induce, a fretless guitar is one without such ridges on its fingerboard. I play a fretless bass guitar almost exclusively because I strongly prefer its smoother tone, gentler attack, and richer low range frequencies as compared with fretted basses.
Oh, yeah. I almost forgot: fretless.com was already taken.
I've been told that I aptly chose a domain name that has meaning to even non-musical people because these people interpret "fretless" as "don't fret so much", like "don't worry so much". This is an interesting message to address at this point in my life, because being an adventurous person who generally doesn't worry about the everyday, I'm beginning to realize the view is very different when one imagines her own child being put in everyday situations. For instance, I love to inline skate. I always wear a helmet because it makes sense to do so, but once the helmet is on I never worry about what would happen if it failed. On the other hand, there seems so much more at stake with our baby. I mean, we'll put him in a good car seat which we carefully installed and had inspected at our local fire station. That's just good common sense. But will it be so easy to release all fear that something could still go wrong? A few glimpses at my purely biological reactions already tell me this release will be a tall order.
I'll be working to embrace such wisdom as Matthew 6:27, "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" And then there's Phillippians 4:6-7, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." I'm thankful to have parents who, at least in most any circumstance I can remember, also applied Matthew 6:27 in the following way: Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your child's life?
Comments (2)
Wow - in all this time that I've seen our domain "fretless", I never made a connection outside of music. What a great way of looking at it!
Posted by Josh | June 12, 2007 1:39 PM
Posted on June 12, 2007 13:39
Wow, God is truly teaching you to trust Him in a deeper way. How it truly is HIM that is in control and not you.
In 1979 my x-husband would take our two small sons for visitations. I was so fearful of what could happen to them in the care of their father. I did the only thing I could do at the time PRAY TO THEIR HEAVENLY FATHER! One day when being driven back to me, the boys were in the front seat of the car, asleep with no seatbelts on. The car turned a corner and the partially closed car door flew open. My son was leaning to the middle on his brother instead of on the door and did not fall out. If God can protect in such situations, how much more so in situations where a parent is doing all that they are capable of to protect. :) Not only did God protect them, but taught the father to always fasten the seatbeats for future protection.
Lord, thank you for the awareness that you are stirring in Kristy. I am sure that as you take her through to deeper places in YOU, multitudes will be blessed and benefited through her sharing and her depth of leading in worship. Bless her with peace of heart and mind. You have chosen this mother, this father, for this little boy...and you knew what you were doing when you did so. And you will equip them for all that is required in raising this child. One of the most important things they will ever do. In Jesus Name. Amen. It is a pleasure to know you and your family. :)
I,too, thought your domain meant fear not. It always was a blessing to read it.
Posted by Diane Pifer | June 13, 2007 1:24 PM
Posted on June 13, 2007 13:24