Archive for April 28th, 2009
Don’t Quit, Keep Playing
Posted by Alastair in Uncategorized on April 28, 2009
Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to Paderewski concert. After were seated, the mother found a friend in the audience and went to greet her.
Thinking that this was a good opportunity to discover wonders of the concert hall..The little boy rised and went through a door marked “No admittance”. When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin.The mother returned to her seat and discovered that the child was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains was opened and the lights focused on the piano on the stage.Horriblely,the mother found her boy sitting on the seat before the piano innocently playing‘‘Twinkle twinkle little star”.
At the moment,the great piano master made his entrance quickly moved to the piano,and whispering in the boy‘s ear“Don’t quit,keep playing”.
Then Paderewski reached down with his left hand to help the boy with the bass part and quickly began to play the obbligato with his right hand.This old master and the young child changed a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative experience.The audience was shocked by the beautiful sound.
What I have got form the story is that: this is the way of life.It is hardly to know what we will accomplish in the future.Sometimes we try our best, but the results aren’t exately greatful. But when we trust in the hands of great power,our life can be truly beautiful.
So next time, when you start to pursue success, you can hear a voice whispering in you ear: Don’t quit, keep playing.

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