In chapter 9 a great scenario was born! As she remembered back to a time when she was ten and her father left on a train in his three-piece suit she thought about the answer her father gave her when he returned and she asked why he had to go. He said, “Certain things in life are better done in person”. In 1981 she had a task to complete and remembered the comment her father had made and realized what he meant. She was trying to get Slava to come play at a special concert and tried to call and was shuffled off by his assistant who said he was booked until 1984 and she asked if she could get his number to talk to him directly. Reluctantly she was given a time that he would there and she could call then. She took her father’s advice and went there in person and after they exchanged words as she listened intently to him describing Dutilleux as a genius, she asked “Is it possible”? The end result is he agreed to do it because of his passion. She was able to light a spark. We all have life lessons before us everyday. The result is up to us… and what we do with what presents itself to us. Do we just shrug our shoulders and say nothing and move on or do we take the risk and go for the gold!
In response to your comment about the life lessons that are presented to us daily, I felt it refreshing to hear some good old-fashioned advice in our reading this week about how certain things are better handled in person. It actually struck me a little silly as I though to myself, "What a novel idea!" In our high tech world of modern communications, we often forget the traditional ways of social interaction that are time tested and true from years past. I would venture to say that human interaction sparks results even more so today than before, if only because these rare occasions have become so unique!
ReplyDeleteI have a brother-in-law who is completely technologically backward, living only by land line with voicemail (thank goodness!) and basic cable. If he has anything to accomplish that involves other people, it is mostly done the old fashioned way- with a drive in his car to visit and talk with them personally about whatever it may be. Otherwise, he will hand write letters and send them by snail mail. To some, it may seem a terribly archaic way to deal with communication, but in some ways he gets more accomplished just because he's making connections in ways that only face-to-face interactions do. That's the way he has chosen to make results happen, and quite successfully I might add. Go figure!