List Of Monthly Reflections

I distinctly remember after supper one evening, the words of our younger daughter, Colleen. She wanted to tell me something important that had happened to her at school that day...

A flautist began to take notice that his playing had a hypnotic effect on his audiences. The people listening to him sat motionless, as though they were in a trance.

As the old man walked the beach at dawn, he noticed a youth ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging them into the sea. Finally, catching up with the youth, he asked the young boy why he was doing this.

A young student approached his teacher and asked. If I work very hard and diligent how long will it take for me to find enlightenment in my life?

A couple had a chance to watch performance by young Suzuki violin students. After the concert, an instructor spoke briefly on how children as young as two, three and four years old are taught to play violin.

5-year old Johnny was in the kitchen as his mother made supper. She asked him to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomato soup, but he didn't want to go in alone.

A married couple was celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. At the party everybody wanted to know how they managed to stay married so long in this day and age.

Sometimes our initial view holds us back from new discoveries, and a mere change in perspective rewards us with possibilities.

One foggy night in London, many years ago, a ragged, unkempt man shuffled into a little music shop. Clutched under the man's arm was a violin.

Saint Peter gives the man a pass to heaven, but he has a request. He would like to see the hell...