THE ORGAN RECITAL

THE ORGAN RECITAL

Jacques Weisel

                        Piano recitals I love; organ recitals leave me cold. Having to listen to my friends and neighbors complain about this organ or that makes me want to scoot out of the sickroom atmosphere as quickly as my feet will run in cadence. I have no time to listen while being silent…notice the same letters in both words; no coincidence there I always say. I don’t ever intend to get sick listening to someone else’s organ recital, consisting of but not limited to  ruptures, transplants, fractures, cancer, heart attack, back pain etc…I’m no doctor, and  I don’t believe I deserve the lack of respect shown by one human for another when they trap you into listening. Since there is so much specialization nowadays most physicians are only interested in listening to a tale of woe regarding one organ, ergo their area of expertise.

            Talk to me about Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D. Minor and I listen with both ears, complete with hearing aids. With my friends and relatives I listen only ONCE to their ailments. After that I am interested in the steps they have taken to ameliorate the offending organ. Speaking of hearing aids, I agree with Thomas Edison. He said he did not have to listen to the plethora of nonsense thrown at him vocally because of his deafness. I wear the aural plugs with friends and/or when giving a lecture, lest I miss an important question or comment.

            I just turned on Bach’s Toccata while I type, 10 minutes of inner silence, peace and tranquility. Beats taking a ‘depression’ pill any day, with no side effects except a feeling of joy. Positive expectancy of normal health is natural; don’t fight it. I like what John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet, wrote in 1856 apropos the medical profession:   “Health that mocks the doctor’s rules,

            Knowledge never learned in schools”.

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POSITIVE ATTITUDES…CURRENT OR ANCIENT?

POSITIVE ATTITUDES…CURRENT OR ANCIENT?

A Modern guide for Sales Managers and Supervisors

            Since I am a  staunch proponent of Positive Living I need to retrace its movement in order to find out if this is a relatively new idea…or not. As a teacher as well as personal coach for over 50 years I was curious to see who else espoused my hard-won philosophies. Imagine my delight when I found out that the first writings on the subject come from the ancient land of Egypt, and the author was named Ptah-Hotep. He was

the feudal lord and king of the South and the North. He is also the author of the oldest known piece of literature in the world, called the PAPYRUS PRISSE. Remembering the French aphorism ‘plus ca change plus c’est la meme chose’…’the more things change the more they remain the same’, I want to share the king’s wisdom, which I could hardly improve upon. The following is 5,600 years old, yet could have been written today by a Harvard MBA. My comments will be in ( ). He is writing about his subjects.

1- BE NOT ARROGANT BECAUSE OF THAT WHICH THOU KNOWEST

    (I recommend a grateful and humble acceptance of our gift of intelligence)

2- IN CONVERSATION WITH AN IGNORANT PERSON DO NOT ANSWER IN     A CRUSHING WAY TO SHAME HIM. TREAT HIM WITH COURTESY.

    (Always be grateful you are not walking in his shoes)

3- INSPIRE NOT MEN WITH FEAR, ELSE GOD WILL TURN AGAINST THEE

    (I teach that fear motivation has the opposite effect desired)

4- BE ACTIVE DURING THE TIME OF THY EXISTENCE, DOING MORE  THAN IS COMMANDED

    (I call that giving $1.10’s worth of value for every $1.00 earned)

5- GRUMBLE NOT OVER THY AFFAIRS

    (My formula is simple re complaints: 80% of the people you tell them to don’t give a     damn…and the other 20% are glad you have them)

6- LET THY THOUGHTS BE ABUNDANT. BUT LET THY MOUTH BE UNDER    RESTRAINT

(From an old Arabic saying: you are the master of the unspoken word, but slave to those you have uttered. Also, my father taught me to ‘talk less and do more’)

7        ENTER IN A DISCUSSION WITH HIM AFTER GIVING HIM TIME TO SATURATE HIS MIND WITH THE  SUBJECT BEING DISCUSSED

      (Problems are solved more quickly and easily when all the facts are known)

8        THE WISE MAN IS SATIATED BY KNOWLEDGE: HE IS A GREAT MAN

         THROUGH HIS OWN MERITS

      (He does not need approval from outside sources to feel good about himself; he is       self-actualized)

Jacques Wiesel…Master of Human Engineering

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Copyright 2011

THE NEW MATH…$AVE BY $PENDING!

THE NEW MATH…$AVE BY $PENDING!

Jacques Weisel

            Yes, it’s on the top-right hand corner of my Sunday paper, front page no less. The message is simple: SAVE MONEY…$1821 IN COUPONS INSIDE. Wow, I can’t wait to open this treasure trove of goodies. I can start a new bank account using the $1,821 which I have saved by…Uh Oh, by spending $18,210 (at 10% off)…or  only $7,284 if the discount is a full 25% off. Such a bargain! I can’t wait to go out and spend so that I can save. Talk about the new New Math.

            Coupon, from the French ‘couper’ mean to cut, as out of a newspaper or magazine. My wife Carole and her best friends have been avid ‘savers’ for many decades. The monies earned by spending enabled one of her friends to go on trips with her husband, where they could start spending again in order to save.

            Actually math is needed to figure out whether restaurant coupons, when half-off are better than ‘buy one, get one free’, OR is a full 10% off the entire bill better? And to think I almost received the Math medal in high school. The guy who beat me had an Eiffel Tower built from ice-cream pop sticks, and who could beat that? I really lost the medal because of my propensity for speaking out of turn, making jokes, since math was such a dull subject. I also lost the French Medal for the same reason, “La Comedie”.

            Anyway, Sunday morning are ‘quiet’ times, while the little woman sifts through the ads, looking for the illusive $1,821. When I hear an Ah Ha I know she’s closing in on the deal of the New Year. She does know we must be ready to spend 90, 50 or 25% in order to qualify for this week’s ‘largesse’, i.e. the offerings of the stores and restaurants.

            Sometimes we go out with friends who have matching discounts, and really put it over the eating establishments. I may be old-fashioned (no, not me) but I prefer to be able to afford full prices. What an antique idea, coming from an antique me. But I still smile watching them work the convoluted discounts into tangible, palpable savings.

            Stores are notorious for having sales all year round. They inflate their prices, then ‘cut’ them down during the 24/7 year-round sales. Since most of the goods come from China, chains of clothing and dollar stores would go out of business overnight, if China decided to trade elsewhere only. So, get your savings while you can, and enjoy!

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