Wednesday, April 18, 2012

'DON'T QUIT - KEEP ON PLAYING'

I got this in my mail today. Oh yes, from my usual email friend consistent as ever ..... to quote ---

"They tell the following story about the famous Polish pianist Paderewski. A mother had a little boy who was learning to play the piano. In order to encourage him she took him to a concert by the famous Paderewski. Both of them arrived at the music hall a bit early and soon the mother got into a conversation with one of her lady friends. Meanwhile, the little boy wandered off....When it was eight o'clock, the spotlights came on and the stage curtain opened. And there was that little boy seated at the piano innocently playing that children's song, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star."

Paderewski came on stage and quickly moved over to the piano. "Don't quit. Just keep on playing," he whispered to the little boy. Then he leaned over the boy and put his hands onto the keyboard right alongside the little boy's. The little boy kept repeating and repeating "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" and meanwhile the genius was weaving all kinds of new melodies around it, a different one each time. The crowd was thrilled by this unprepared concert.

As we play our little melody in our daily life, God whispers to us, "Don't quit, --Keep on playing..." And He makes a masterpiece out of our simple music!

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That's what I've been trying to say all of this time...... 'Don't quit, keep on playing'. Keep playing the little melody of your life. It may be rough, flawed, imperfect, insignificantly small (that's what you've been saying to yourself), ordinary, simple, boring, mundane, spark-less, hopeless (?), out of step and out of tune to the beating of the universal drum. But it's still your music.... uniquely your own. Just keep on playing your music..... keep living your life as best as you can manage it..... and leave the rest to God. Because without any doubt he, as Paderewski did, will be playing alongside you and will turn the music of your life into a masterpiece.

You say that you believe in miracles. Well then, believe in yourself. You are the miracle. And God who is right there beside you continually works to guarantee that.

Here's today's dose of God's Divine Hug....... Blessings to you and yours.

8 comments:

  1. Ellen,

    Miracles happen but we are the ones who fail to recognize these as we are busy in worrying if we will succeed and quit losing faith in self and God.

    Take care

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    1. Time for change, don't you think? :-)

      Thank you for your visit and comment. Hope you're having a lovely day. God bless you and your family.

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  2. Thank you, Ellen for this masterpiece... I am so glad to have found you coz i could not get a better coach then u. I notice so much of sincerity and simplicity in your work and the gracious manner you put it up.

    twnmplu...

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    1. Thank you, Pearl, for your kind wonderful words... it touches and warms my heart so. We have been friends for long and you know much about the writing. No way to do it but from the heart. And if people like you come reading it, I couldn't ask for more. And I can't do any less than what you and my wonderful readers deserve. Blessings to you and yours, my friend.

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  3. That is a brilliant footnote to the great anecdote.Trust in God and doing our duty has always been the refrain in your writings.So true and so very essential.

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    1. It is a pleasure to see you, KP. Thank you for coming by and for your wonderful comment. Trusting God - doing our duty.... I think and believe it's how life is best lived. Hope you're having a blessed day. God bless you and your family.

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  4. Something I was just looking for ...

    At times when ur mind is elsewhere u try to serach for those things which can help you... and u just did that :)

    Dont quit...keep moving :)

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    1. This is great.. seeing you again, Chakoli! Delighted! How are you? :-) Yeah I know what you mean, been there at some time or another. And wonderful people have been quite a blessing and for which I truly appreciate. Thanks for bringing in the sunshine to my blog. See you around! God bless you and your loved ones.

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