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| The start of a journey as a pianist |
“Don't
cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” This line was said by Dr. Seuss,
an amazing author. Life is a theatre, as we grow, we take chances given to us
by life and we try our best to go in with the flow of the scene but sometimes
it just does not harmonize with life and we fall to our knees and try to give
up and as we reach the ending part of the performance, we feel sad for the
flaws during the performance but that is not how life should be. We should be
happy that we were brave enough to take the chance because life is all about
taking chances and even if we don’t know what will happen. This was my feeling
during my first piano recital many years ago.
First
of all, I was really interested in music, especially the piano and this was
what has lead my parents to making me take up lessons in the piano. I had an
amazing teacher and she taught me well. There were times that she was strict
and scary but those were the moments that made me feel that she really loves
music and wants me to learn it with all my heart. We had our lessons every end
of classes. It was this time that I was waiting for each day. I was really
happy when she said that I, together with my friends, will have a recital to be
held at Ceferina.
We
practiced really hard and there were even times when my teacher and I were
having misunderstandings. I was feeling confident that I will be able to do
this but as each day built into the recital day, I became nervous and like I
was in a state of trance, I was already standing in front of the venue. As I
step into the area filled with fancy items, the grand piano stood out to me
like a sore thumb. There was no running away from all of this. Several
performances were done and it was now my turn to do my piece. “This is really
it”, I said to myself.
As
I walk to the grand piano, so many eyes were looking at me. I felt very nervous
like a mistake will make everyone leave. I lay my cold hands on the piano and
started playing it. I was feeling nervous but I tried to make music with all of
my heart but I still made several mistakes even with of all of the practice. I
finally finished and I was barely breathing. I was really depressed but I saw a
light. The light was my family, my best friends, and my classmates who were
there to support me. They made me feel that it was okay to commit mistakes and
that is a part of life. They taught me that this will lead to a bigger success
and because of that, I learned to be brave. I learned how to face the crowd and
not to forget all of the people who were there to give me courage. If I didn’t
have this experience, maybe I would be an introvert and maybe I wouldn’t be
able to play the piano in front of a crowd.
Life
really is full of challenges and we either take it or leave it. There is no
harm in trying and even if we succeed or not, there will always be a lesson
that we can learn. Life is really a theatre, what matters is the effort we gave
to make the performance successful. After everything, we shouldn’t cry because
it was over, we should smile and be happy that we were even able to stand up
from the fear and do all things with all of our soul.
