"There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young
age. I wasn't, thank God." every finished product today, was once
unfinished." - Itzhak Perlman
On November 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, walks painfully to reach his chair. He sits down and slowly drops his crutches, un-straps his braces. He picks his violin: the audience is waiting for him to play. But as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings broke on his violin. You could hear it snap - what a disaster? There was only two options. He was either to find another violin or find another string, Itzhak didn’t do any. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again. The orchestra began, and he played from where he had left off. Perlman played with such passion, power and dexterity, such as this audience had never heard before. It is impossible to play a symphonic work with just three strings. Everyone knows so...but that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that.
Don't quit...just do it. Sometimes, it takes a painful disappointment to teach us a skill. What do you do when your string breaks
in the middle of your life's orchestra? Do you walk off stage, or continue to play? You never know the possibilities that abound in disappointments till you dare. Ignore from the fear and doubts staring back at you. Fear in your head, but with faith in your heart. Play on!
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