"If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem wonderful at all." ~Michelangelo
I love seeing people at the top of their game; people who are amazingly accomplished at what they do. It is easy to watch someone give a stellar performance; witness a skillfull athletic feat; or view a transcendent work of art and forget all the effort, time, practice and MISTAKES that went in to creating what we see. What we can never know or never see is how much of a life went in to creating what we enjoy . . .
Legendary violinist Isaac Stern was once confronted by a woman after a concert. She said, “Oh, I’d give my life to play like you!” Stern replied, “That I did!”
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