Credo
(Words of an unknown music teacher with slight modifications)
We love music to play and to sing,
To relax and have fun, to dance, yes.
But, even more
So we will be human,
So we will recognize beauty,
So we will be sensitive,
So we will be closer to an infinite beyond this world
So we will have something to cling to,
So we will have more love, more compassion, more
Gentleness, more good... more life.
With music, it is our inner song that comes to life and, if we listen,
teaches us how to live.
Of what value will it be to make a prosperous living unless
we have that capacity?
(I became aware of this credo through my student, Mishanta Reyes.)