Violin - A story on Belief and Faith

Violin - A story on Belief and Faith

Hi everyone! :) I know I said I'll write about my Indonesia Trip today on my previous post but it's soooo long and there are so many things to write about! So I decided to add bits and pieces of the experience in the next few posts! Don't worry! 

Anyways, today I want to tell a story! and you've probably guessed it by now that it's about a violin. Now even I'm not musically inclined so if you're not good at music or don't play an instrument, DON'T WORRY! This post can still motivate you to be a better person :)

There was this old musician who recently passed away and his instruments were being auctioned of at am auction house for charity. This musician was well accomplished and his instruments were all well taken care off. So without much trouble, the instruments were auctioned off one by one at reasonably high prices. However, among these instruments was a dusty and old violin. 

When the auctioner (sorry i don't know the actual word for the person who auctions things--if you do know please DM me on twitter! Thanks :)) ok BACK TO THE STORY...When the auctioner picked up the violin, he knew this piece was going to be hard to auction off. He had hoped that it was still well tuned but to his dismay when he played a note, the sound came off so horrible to the ear that there was an audible groan from the audience. 

"starting price $100"

*no buyers*

"$50?"

*no buyers*

This went on till the auctioner finally said "50 cents, A violin for 50 cents"

By now you would've thought people would sympathize and buy the violin...at this moment, an elderly gentleman stood up and walked onto stage. He quietly cleaned off the dust and dirt from the violin, and slowly but surely tuned each string on the violin. He then went on to play a piece which most people would've heard before and this time, it sounded wonderful. Everyone was so touched by the piece that the response for the violin became intense, to say the least.

"$100"

"$200"

"$500"

"750"

...

This went on till the violin finally sold for $1000! 

Amazing ain't it? How something that nobody wanted for 50 cents can suddenly be worth $1000!

So what can we learn from this story?

If it weren't for that bit of faith that man had in the violin, it would've never have sold for such a high price. In fact if you think about it, in that entire room, only that one man had faith that the violin could become something great.

Nobody is worthless or useless. Everyone just needs that little bit of faith. Have that faith, have that belief in the people around you. Invest in the people around you (I learnt this recently). 

Personally, I believe that a lot of people (more than I actually deserve) have that belief in me. They believe that when I do something, it'll probably turn out well. And that's a good feeling to have, having someone trust you, believe in you, put their faith in you. 

Of course there are people who don't believe but that topic i'll leave to another day :)

So have faith in those around you. Believe in them. Because you never know, someone in a slump today may become someone great tomorrow! 

AND REMEMBER if you are the person in the slump, have faith in yourself! because YOU are your biggest supporter, your biggest fan, so stay POSITIVE and push on! :)

Always Lifting You Higher

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