Contemplations: Henry S. Haskins

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.”
—Henry S. Haskins in “Meditations in Wall Street.” (William Morrow & Co.)

We tend to remain occupied with what has happened in our past and what may happen in the future, instead of looking at what we have to contribute to the world with our music in the present.

Instead of worrying about the mistakes of our last performance, and getting anxious about the mistakes we could make in the future, we should be focusing in what we can do right now to practice and improve, and what we can deliver to the audience when we are with them.

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