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A challenge I face in pursuing excellence
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< p > A challenge I face in pursuing excellence is… < em > [drum roll]< / em > … finding others who pursue excellence.< / p >
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< p > Okay, maybe that wasn’ < / p >
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< p > For me, it is not satisfactory enough to look to my contemporaries - I have looked centuries back, hoping to appreciate greatness.< / p >
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< p > Without further ado, I share a list - off the top of my head - of works I look up to:< / p >
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< p > In Classical Music,< / p >
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< li > Beethoven’ < / li >
< li > Schubert’ < / li >
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< p > In opera,< / p >
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< li > Bartók’ ’ < / li >
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< p > In Russian literature,< / p >
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< li > Alexander Pushkin’ < / li >
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< p > In children’ < / p >
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< li > Tolkien’ < / li >
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< p > Others:< / p >
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< li > a fairly modern film, Wong Kar-Wai’ < / li >
< li > A song by The Beatles, “Come together”< / li >
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< p > In concluding, I note that if I have a small, puny mind, the world I see is a small, puny world. I wish for a mind that can see greatness in even the smallest thing - eyes that can see beauty and wonder.< / p >
< p > For example, can I learn, from a dog, how to be happy, while being held on a leash? Or, from a cat, how to meditate?< / p >
< p > I close with a quote from the classic tale, “The little prince”:< / p >
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< p > “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”< / p >
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< p > < em > This post first appeared < a href = "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6648108747728216064/" > on LinkedIn< / a > .< / em > < / p >
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