"I'd give anything..."

What is it that you would give anything to become? I’m reminded of the story of the woman who rushed up to the famed violinist Fritz Kreisler after a concert and said, "I’d give anything to play as beautifully as you do!" Kreisler looked at the woman and said, "No, you wouldn’t!" In total embarrassment the woman said, "I would, too give anything to play the violin as you do." Then Kreisler said, "You’d give anything to play as I do, except time—except the one thing it takes to accomplish the fact. You wouldn’t sit and practice, hour after hour, day after day, month after month, year after year." People are always saying, "I’d give anything…" But the fact remains that they don’t; they give very little, often nothing, to do the things they say they’d give anything to do. Everyone can be great at something. Decide what you want to become, then give it, and you’ll become it.

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