The Talents We Possess

Contributed by Jeremy Koh
Some time ago, a friend Seow Yen sent me this encouraging note. In the note it says that, “there are people who do not realize that ‘Nat King Cole’ started his musical career as a piano player. It happened when he was on a trip to California, performing in a nightclub, that his singing career got a jump-start. The singer who was to have performed that evening was taken ill. When Cole showed up the club owner asked about the singer. When he learned the singer was sick, the club owner responded, “No singer, no check.” That was the night “Nat King Cole” launched his career. Actually, he had always been a singer but had never recognized and used that talent.” Those of us who remember him as a person and as a talent consider him one of the true greats in all of entertainment. I am sure that we can’t play good instrumental music well. But I am also sure that we have aspirations to sing a song. We should view things differently in what we do with talents that we already possess.
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