Someone rightly said.................. Give me some sunshine..Give me
some rain..Giv me another chance, I wanna growup once agn........

PERCEPTION :
. . .Something To Think About. ..  .

       Washington, DC  Metro Station on a cold January morning  in
2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces
       for about 45 minutes.  During that time approx. 2 thousand
people went through the station, most of  them on
       their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed
there was  a musician playing. He slowed his
       pace and stopped for a few seconds and then  hurried to meet his
schedule.

       4 minutes later:
       The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw  the
money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

       6 minutes:
       A young man leaned against the  wall to listen to him, then
looked at his watch and started to walk again.

       10 minutes:
       A 3-year old boy stopped but his  mother tugged him along
hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist  again,
       but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk,
turning his  head all the time. This action was
       repeated by several other children. Every  parent, without
exception, forced their children to move on  quickly.

       45 minutes:
       The musician  played continuously.  Only 6 people stopped and
listened for a short  while.
       About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace.
The man collected a total of $32.

       1 hour:
       He  finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No
one applauded, nor  was there any recognition. .

       No one knew this, but the  violinist was Joshua Bell , one of
the greatest musicians in the world.
       He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a
violin worth  $3.5 million dollars.
       Two days before Joshua Bell  sold out a theater in   Boston
where the seats averaged $100.

       This is a true story.  Joshua Bell playing incognito in the
metro station was organized by the  Washington Post
       as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and
people's priorities .

       The questions raised:
            * In a common place environment  at an inappropriate hour,
do we perceive beauty?
            * Do we stop to appreciate it?
            * Do we recognize talent in an  unexpected context?

       One possible conclusion reached from  this experiment could be
this:
       If we do not have a moment to stop  and listen to one of the
best musicians in the world,
       playing some of the  finest music ever written, with one of the
most beautiful instruments ever  made.

       How many other things are we missing?

       Do we really extend a helping hand to our friends in their hour
of need?
       Are we in a great hurry, driven by self interests only?
       Do friendships mean something  or  are just the lines in the
sand ... time erases eventually ..
       Something to think about ....

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