The message is: Always be grateful Appreciate, then you will be too
Roys A. Pangayoman, General surgeon -----Original Message----- From: Winsa Husin <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:31:58 To: ESBESD<[email protected]>; PADMA_FKUKM<[email protected]> Subject: [padma_fkukm] Fw: Violinist in the Metro > > >This was posted on the > Washington Post > website. >A Violinist > in the Metro > >A man sat at > a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was > a > cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. > During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that > thousand > of people went through the station, most of them on their way to > work. >Three minutes > went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He > slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to > meet > his schedule. >A minute > later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the > money in the till and without stopping continued to > walk. >A few minutes > later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man > looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for > work. >The one who > paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him > along, > hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother > pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the > time. > This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, > without exception, forced them to move on. >In the 45 > minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a > while. > About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He > collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one > noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition. > >No one knew > this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the > world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a > violin worth 3.5 million dollars. >Two days > before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in > Boston and the seats average $100. >This is a > real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was > organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about > perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a > commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? > Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an > unexpected context? >One of the > possible conclusions from this experience could be: >If we do not > have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the > world > playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we > missing? > >. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
