My piano playing is the main thing I do. I get motivated even standing next to a player piano, I want to start a piano channel. Each week I will add more songs. I decided to add this this because one day I when I had a business in a old building something strange happened. One day when no one there I went into the storage area and it was very dusty. There was a lot of old old furniture. I looked around and in the back behind everything there was a very old piano. At that time, I did not have a piano at home. Each day after I finished my work I stuck in that back room and played that Piano. I even offered to buy the Piano, but the owner was not ready to sell. It was a dusty piano and it needed to be tuned. Why is Piano my passion? I truly believe I can play but some of my sibling seem to differ. But one day in that dusty storage area as I played, and heard someone from the distance. It was a little boy about 10 years old. It just kept applauding me. I accepted yes maybe I do have some talent. Children are the most honest judges. A few years ago, my sister gave a tea and I played. I felt all were surprised I could play as good as I played. But something clicked, my nieces like when I play. When they were babies, I would play quietly all night and they always love to hear me play. Now they are now all adults, and they still like to hear me play. I had them over and then they said say, “Please Auntie play for us”. I want to love my passion. I learned that people who want to see me happy are the ones who like to hear me play. Love the passion of piano playing, partially its love of the notes are they harmonize. I can sign also but my vocal is loud. My piano at one time got turned toward the wall, yes where I could not play. But why would one penalize the instrument that a musician love. Then I moved to another piano house. I said pretend you are blind and make your way around this place. The room I was rented before belonged to a blind woman. As I walked as if wearing a blind fold, I walked down to the piano room. Everyone was sleep, I started to play and the whole house came awake. The pianist is here she is playing our song. The last next sneak play I was out on my home homeless, staying in an Airbnb. I stayed the night with a friend, and she had trainer come in the morning. She had the most beautiful piano and while she was training, and her baby was sleep I played her beautiful piano. I was so upbuilt with the quality of the sound. I can motivate my members with sounds from different pianos and organs. While out and renting a room in the home where I pretended to be blind on many a night, I drank a full bottle of wine and played for many hour at a time The result I became a happy soul and generous soul. My heartbeat with every key stroke, the sounds permeated the air. One excursion was in Leimert Park Los Angeles. This coffee shop had a piano I said I must go play. I sat with a cup of coffee and start playing those keys. A pretty lady came and leaned over the Piano, she said wow Lady you can really play. My passion my love the keys and the sound of the Piano.
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“The Words That Could Save a Life: A Story About Advice, Ego, and the Hearts We Forget”
There is an old saying: “A wise person learns from advice. A proud person learns from regret.” This is a story about both. There once was a boy who grew up hearing advice from everyone around him. His parents, teachers, elders, and friends — all of them tried to guide him. They warned him about choosing the wrong friends. They reminded him to respect time. They told him not to let anger, ego, and selfishness poison his heart. But like many of us, he believed he already knew everything. Whenever someone advised him, he smiled politely on the outside — but inside he thought: “I’m different. I’ll be fine. Nothing bad will happen to me.” So he ignored the small warnings of life. He cut off people over small arguments. He shouted instead of listening. He lied to escape responsibility. He chose friends who laughed at rules and mocked wisdom. He stopped spending time with family because he thought they didn’t “understand” him. He thought freedom meant doing whatever he wanted — without consequences. But life is patient. And life always teaches — one way or another. Slowly, he began losing the people who once stood closest to him. His best friend moved away after a fight that was never healed. His parents stopped advising him — not because they didn’t care, but because their hearts were tired. His teachers gave up correcting him because he rejected every word. From the outside, his life looked normal. But inside, something was missing — peace. One night, he finally sat alone in silence… and silence can be loud. Thoughts began replaying in his mind like a film. He remembered every moment someone tried to guide him. Every warning. Every soft reminder. Every gentle voice that said, “This path will hurt you.” And for the first time, he asked himself: “Why didn’t I listen?” It wasn’t lack of knowledge. It wasn’t lack of love. It was ego. Ego had whispered inside him: “You don’t need advice. You’re always right. You’re smarter than them.” But ego is a beautiful liar. It makes you feel strong while quietly destroying your relationships, your discipline, and your peace. That night, he realized something powerful: Wisdom doesn’t come from age. Wisdom comes from humility — the ability to listen. The next day, he did something difficult — something most people never do. He apologized. He apologized to his parents, not because they demanded it, but because his heart finally understood their worry. He apologized to friends he had hurt. He apologized to himself — for not valuing his own future. And slowly… life softened again. His parents’ voices became warm again. His friendships began to heal. His mind felt lighter. He started listening before reacting. He didn’t change overnight — but he had finally begun the journey. He changed not because the world forced him — but because advice finally reached his heart. That day, he promised himself: 🕊️ “Whenever someone gives me sincere advice, I will not fight it. I will think about it. I will learn from it.” Because the truth is simple: The people who advise you are not trying to control you. They are trying to protect the version of you that you have not yet become. And one more truth: Advice always arrives before regret. Regret arrives when advice is ignored. Moral / Life Lesson • Advice is not a restriction — it is protection. • Ego is the biggest enemy of growth. • Listening is not weakness — it is wisdom. • The people who correct you are the people who care. One day, you will look back and realize: The words you once ignored… were the very words that could have saved you. So when life sends you guidance — through parents, teachers, faith, friends, or even strangers — don’t shut your heart. Because the doors of wisdom only open… for those willing to listen.
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