Lovely Thomas, Thanks.

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>There is a Guitarist/Singer named Tommy Emmanuel, whom we saw in concert and met a few months ago. For those of you that know who Chet Adkins is, Chet said that Tommy was the “best finger picker around”! Tommy is from Australia and lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for a number of years. For a number of years Tommy has been on the road just about every day of the year. When I say the road, I mean all around the world.
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>Chet Adkins had a friend named Jerry Reed, who is also a well-known finger picker, and acted with Burt Reynolds in the Smokey and the Bandit movies as well as others. Tommy Emmanuel sang a song during the concert we attended written by Jerry Reed, which touched me and I would like to share with others.
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>Today is Mine
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>Written by Jerry Hubbard Reed from the album “The Last Time I Saw Her”
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>When the sun came up this morning
>I took the time to watch it rise
>And as its beauty struck the darkness
>From the sky
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>I thought how small and unimportant
>All my troubles seem to be
>And how lucky another day
>Belongs to me
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>And as the sleepy world around me
>Woke up to greet the day
>All its silent beauty
>Seemed to say
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>So what, my friend, if all your dreams
>You haven't realized
>Just look around you
>You've got a new day to try
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>Today is mine, today is mine
>To do with what I will
>Today is mine
>My own special cup to fill
>To die a little that I might learn to live
>To take from life that I might learn to give
>Today is mine
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>Like most men I curse the present
>Void of peace of mind
>And race my thoughts beyond tomorrow
>Envision there a sweeter time
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>But as I view this day around me
>I can see the fool I've been
>For today's the only garden
>That we can tend