Words of Wisdom (share yours!)

[pianistimo]

dear ahinton,

kinda reminds me of the bible verse 'pay unto cesar the things that a cesar's, and unto God the things that are God's.'  agreed about being too concerned - but then again there are students with 'bad checks.'  u can't exactly afford to take bad checks - but nowdays the bank fines take care of that problem.

maybe it's a convenience for some teachers to get paid in a certain way.  i think as long as u have a financial plan - ur ok.  it's just if u don't have one - then taxtime is fairly dreadful.  i started marking my calendar as to who came and what they paid me.  just initials and then the cash or check amount.  then, all i had to do was look at my calendar.

*i don't have a quote yet, but was thinking about the first lesson i had with my most recent teacher - and instead of being fearful of being taped - he SUGGESTED it.  'why don't you tape ur lessons...then u can remember the details later....'  i thought this was excellent advice and i knew he must be a good teacher as he was not trying to hide anything.

[markov]

"You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there."-Maria Callas

I broke my wrist and two of my fingers a while back, and went through a serious stage of depression because I thought everything I worked for *in terms of music* would be lost, and then I received a card in the mail from a friend, with the quote above, and i smiled...=]

[pianistimo]

ouch.  glad ur friend had the gumption to encourage instead of say 'oh, that's terrible.'  my leg is much better too.  everyone seemed not even to notice because i was intent on playing the piano again (and my family saw me with cast up on right side of bench for a while).  nothing can stop u unless ur die.  noone dies from a broken leg or wrist problem.  only from quitting or not thinking of how to recover the best way.  i put a lot of time and effort into the leg, and i'm sure you are ur wrist and fingers.