For starters, I'll like to recapture a P hua4 lian2 pian1
episode that I like...
We all know Pavarotti and his powerful voice. But we know little
about his encounter with a crying baby. The story goes that once, a
baby in a neighbouring room was crying in the middle of the night
and irritating everybody within earshot. Despite crying for a long
time, the baby's voice nor did the volume of the crying changed a
bit. This made Pavarotti curious about how a baby can cry for so
long. Then, Pavarotti realised that whenever the baby is almost out
of breath or the voice is giving way, it will instinctively stop
crying, catch its breath, take a deep breath before blasting away
again. This taught Pavarotti an important lesson. And guess what,
Pavarotti will go down in history as one of the best opera singers
who has ever lived.
So... the moral of the story is... sometimes when unpleasant things
befall us, if we could keep our cool and try to learn from the
experience, we might just learn an important lesson in life.
Rather than complain or feel angry at the baby, Pavarotti sought to
learn from the baby. That made the diffence.
