Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Check out this timeline:
Age 4 ~ He shows remarkable musical talent and learns to play the piano.
Age 5 ~ He begins composing music.
Age 6 ~ He plays for Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.
Age 14 ~ He has already composed many works for the harpsichord, piano, and violin, as well as orchestral works.
Early 20s ~ He is virtually ignored by the courts of Europe.
But Mozart presses on under difficult circumstances and composes his most enduring work during the later years of his life.
THEN Age 35 ~ He dies in poverty from a feverish illness and is buried in a Vienna suburb with little ceremony...in an unmarked grave.
Yet Mozart lives on to this day in the more than six hundred works of music he left behind.
What was the secret to his greatness adn genius? He listened with his heart and heard...POSSIBILITIES.
When he saw a violin... he heard concertos.
When he stood in an empty concert hall... he heard angels singing.
When he looked at a blank manuscript... he heard symphonies.
WHAT IS A SYMPHONY?
A symphony is a gift to the world from the one who conceives it, labors over it, and then... leaves it behind for all the world to hear.
A reminder... of the beauty one person can create.
Violins, cellos, basses.
Woodwinds and brass.
Percussion.
Working together like... the beating of a HEART.
The slow introduction.
The rising of the second movement.
The crescendo to the grand finale.
(Kind of like...life)
THEN...
The crowd flows out into the street.
Lifted...
Above the noise of jackhammers and horns and sirens.
Floating along on an echo...echo...echo...
Of the music made
Of the precious memories
Of the life lived.
Think about the people in YOUR WORLD.
Someone in your life has been...
is now...will be... LISTENING
For that missing part that can add much needed wings to their life song.
Ears strained...for that faint sound of
"I love you..."
"You can do it..."
"You are important to me."
You can do that.
Seize those opportunities to lift someone up with your music... your life song.
For when you reach out and touch another life,
You fill up the emptiness.
You create melody and harmony
on the pages of someone's heart.
And I believe someone will think of you and say...
"I am a song
Have been all my life
Will be until I'm gone.
Did you know that the music you wrote in my soul long ago still reverberates inside of me?
A melancholy tune for moments of REFLECTION...for who I was
A joyous melody when I needed CELEBRATION...for who I was becoming
An anthem to call my own when I needed INSPIRATION...for who I could be
And a REST...
Just at the right time
Just in the right place.
In your humble way you did it
Without wanting any recognition or thanks
I REMEMBER.
Do you think you've not made much of a difference in this world?
You have in mine. Thank you.
I am a song
One day...
A SYMPHONY."
So remember...
YOU are the composer who writes a symphony
In the lives of those around you.
The Conductor's hand has dropped,
Leading the world in a
Harmonious parade of sound.
Make sure YOU are heard...
in the ears of those you love.
Never miss a chance to
Say "I love you."
Remember someone's name.
Sing a lullaby.
Make someone laugh.
Now that's sweet, sweet music!
The composer inside of you is waiting to write.
A symphony?
You bet.
A livigin, breathing symphony.
How?
One person at a time,
One note at a time,
With the melody of...
LOVE.
