"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
Disappointments occur many times in life, unannounced. That's why
they're called 'dis-appointments'. What do you do when they happen?
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
