HE PLAYED HIS BEST
Message: HE PLAYED HIS BEST

This is the story of Robby. He was a young boy who
lived with his elderly mother. His mother wanted
him to
learn how to play the piano because she longed to hear
her son play for her. She sent her son to a piano
teacher who took Robby in under her guidance. However,
there was one small problem because Robby was not
musically inclined and therefore was very slow in
learning. The teacher did not have much faith in the
boy because of his weakness. The mother was very
enthusiastic and every week she would send Robby
to the
teacher.

One day Robby stopped attending the piano lessons. The
teacher thought that he had given up and in fact she
was quite pleased since she did not give much hope to
Robby. Not long after, the piano teacher was given the
task to organize a piano concert in town. She sent out
circulars to invite the students and public to attend
the event. Suddenly, she received a call from
Robby who
offered to take part in the concert. The teacher told
Robby that he was not good enough and that he was no
longer a student since he had stopped coming for
lessons. Robby begged her to give him a chance and
promised that he would not let her down.

Finally, she gave in and she put him to play last,
hoping that he will change his mind at the last
minute.
When the big day came, the hall was packed and the
children gave their best performance. Finally, it was
Robbys turn to play and as his name was announced, he
walked in. He was not in proper attire and his
hair was
not properly groomed. The teacher was really nervous
since Robbys performance could spoil the whole
evenings brilliant performance. As Robby started
playing the crowd became silent and was amazed at the
skill of this little boy. In fact, he gave the best
performance of the evening. At the end of his
presentation the crowd and the piano teacher gave
him a
standing ovation.
The crowd asked Robby how he managed to play so
brilliantly. With a microphone in front of him, he
said, I was not able to attend the weekly piano
lessons as there was no one to send me because my
mother was sick with cancer. She just passed away this
morning and I wanted her to hear me play. You see,
this
is the first time she is able to hear me play because
when she was alive she was deaf and now I know she is
listening to me. I have to play my best for her!


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This is indeed a touching story of love and
excellence.
When you have a passion and a reason to do something,
you will surely excel. You may not be talented or
gifted but if you have a strong enough reason to do
something, you will be able to tap into your inner God
given potential.