HOW BAD CAN IT BE?

How would you describe somebody who was an accomplished pianist at ten, a professional organist at eleven, had compositions published at thirteen and was a member of the royal court musical staff at fourteen? Privlegded? Born with a silver spoon in his mouth?

Hardly!

Lugwig Van Beethoven was a black-haired, swarthy complexioned, pockmarked boy who endured taunts and name calling in his hometown along the Rhine river, an area of mostly blond, fair skinned children. His alchoholic father decided that Ludwig would support him so made him slave on the keyboard. Looking back, Beethoven could not recall a single moment of childhood happiness!

His life was comprised of work, tears, beatings and angry tirades. In his twenties he encountered another more insidious enemy, deafness. When he could no longer play publicly he put all his energies into composing. His years of deafness were his most prolific! Although at the time his works were not well received yet he influenced many great composers like Brahms, Wagner and Schubert. Nearing death and seeing that the world never fully understood or appreciated him and his music, he said with a smile, " i shall hear in heaven".

Do you feel you have had it bad, or you think if your parents were richer or your parents were alive or if you were more beautiful you will be more successful? Well sorry to disappoint you but there is really no excuse for failure and no matter how hard your past might have been, as long as you have the will, and the faith in God, there will be nothing impossible for you to achieve. The major obstacle in your way is YOU!

Rise up and make the most of your life, you get only one shot at life why short change yourself by dwelling in the past.

Tkare,later