Key Words: And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them
There are times when just a little
encouragement is all that is needed to keep people going. A little nine-year-old boy got tired of
practicing the piano. His mother heard
the great Paderewski was coming into town to do a concert. She bought two tickets, one for herself and
one for her boy. And she dragged him
along, sat him down by her in his little tuxedo, and she began visiting with
her friends. He looked up on the
platform and there was this giant, ebony black, Steinway concert grand
piano. The lid on the keyboard was
lifted and the leather bench was there.
He looked at this piano, popped his knuckles, and said to himself, “Oh,
man, I’d like to play that.”
So he slipped down the aisle, walked
across the front, up the steps, sat down, and started playing “Chopsticks.”
Well, the people down front said,
“Who...who is...?” “Quit!” “Hey, kid, stop!” “Where’s his mother?” Of course, she was embarrassed beyond words.
✞ Keep serving; don’t quit.
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