• Choose One Chair

  Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 4, 2009 (message contributor)

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  Tags:  Commitment To Christ

  Denomination: Baptist

CHOOSE ONE CHAIR

"When I was a boy, my father, a baker, introduced me to the wonders of song," tenor Luciano Pavarotti relates. "He urged me to work very hard to develop my voice. Arrigo Pola, a professional tenor in my hometown of Modena, Italy, took me as a pupil. I also enrolled in a teachers college. On graduating, I asked my father, 'Shall I be a teacher or a singer?'"

"'Luciano,' my father replied, 'if you try to sit on two chairs, you will fall between them. For life, you must choose one chair.' I chose one. It took seven years of study and frustration before I made my first professional appearance. It took another seven to reach the Metropolitan Opera. And now I think, whether it’s laying bricks, writing a book—-whatever we choose—-we should give ourselves to it. Commitment, that’s the key. Choose one chair."