I love piano music. Ever since i was a little girl I had always wanted to learn playing a piano. However due to family situation (our father did not want to spend money on girls, i.e. girls have no status in the family), I never had the good fortune of learning .
Back in my mind, i had always wanted my daughter or my granddaughter to play for me and i tried to encourage them to learn to play piano. i even bought a white piano for my daughter. to my regret for reasons that they are not interested, they decided to stop their lessons after a few years.
yesterday i was asked to take care of a young lady sgi member, jessica,from vancouver who comes to sydney and was interested in visiting our sgi centre. during the tour of the centre, jessica was very happy to see a piano in our centre i invited her to play on the grand piano in the main hall, while i sat down to listen.
as i was listening to her playing my favorite songs, ie chopin nocturne, serenade...., all of a sudden, i was so touched that i was in tears. it seems as if my dream has come true. yes, i cannot play the piano, but i have a young lady so willing and happy to play for me! what great benefit, what good fortune i have.
seeing i was so emotional, she offered to sing for me, initially i said no because i had heard lots of horrible singings in karaokes and i did not want to torture my ears 
, however jessica said she likes to sing 'the phantom of the opera', now thats a different story, anyone who sings classical cannot be too bad, so i said yes.
, however jessica said she likes to sing 'the phantom of the opera', now thats a different story, anyone who sings classical cannot be too bad, so i said yes.as soon as she started singing, her voice was so beautiful that i was in awe. later she told me that she has been taking singing lessons too. after her singing, i felt very content,
i started today trying to help someone, ie jessica, and in the end, i got helped. i had the benefit of listening to beautiful piano music and beautiful singing.jessica has given me a lovely private concert!
this is our buddhist theory, when we set our mind to help others, it was us who got the benefit in the end.
glad to share.
lydia
