Holiness is the Goaliness (TM)

This week has included much serving customers based work. And that's about it. Unfortunately no news on visa, we are still waiting on the Brazilian Salvation Army to resend the invite. My birthday is coming up in a week and half (hint hint) and a friend from uni is coming all the way over to Helsinki for it. So have that to look forward too!

Really this is another week, with not much to say, so I shall not waste space. But instead I'm going to add an interesting story that I heard in church the other day, Enjoy:

On a cold day in December, a man sat at a metro station in

Washington DC and started to play the violin.

He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes.

Since it was rush hour, it was calculated that a thousand people

went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed

there was a musician playing.

He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and

then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip.

A woman threw some money into the hat and continued to walk.

A few minutes later, a man leaned against a wall to listen to the
musician, but after looking at his watch he walked away.
Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3-year-old boy.
Obviously in a hurry, the mother tugged at the boy,

but the kid stopped to listen to the violinist.

Finally, the mother gave a hard push and the child

continued to walk, turning his head all the time.

This action was repeated by several other children.
All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only six people

stopped and stayed for a while.

About 20 people gave him money but continued to walk.

He collected $32 when he was finished playing.
Silence took over, no one noticed. No one applauded,

nor was there any recognition.

This is a true story.

No one knew the violinist was Joshua Bell,

one of the best musicians in the world.

He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written,

with a violin worth $3.5 million.

Two days before his playing in the subway,

Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston

where the seats cost an average of $100.

Joshua Bell's incognito performance in the metro station

was organized by the Washington Post as part of a

social experiment about people's perception, taste

and priorities.

The purpose was to see if, in a commonplace environment,

at an unusual hour, in an unexpected location,

how many people
perceive beauty,

stop to appreciate it,and
recognize talent.

Apparently not.

(TM. Ian G Morrison)