The choir leader asked him to become a member. They were preparing for a public performance and seeing their zeal he joined with the proviso it would be for three months. He could barely read the score and didn't think he would be any help but an obstacle. Only one of the songs that he would be practicing was in anyway familiar and he was given the tenor part.
At the first practice and for the following two weeks he didn't even once look at the score. Since he promised, he attended all the practices but continued wondering whether giving up wasn't the best course of action. However, as he continued strangely the tunes of the music stayed with him and he was humming the music. The devotion of the music director and president impressed him greatly. He gave full attention to the choir and practice.
A big change came over him. He began practicing the score, doing what the director suggested at the last practice and practicing in his home, confidence came. The score stayed with him even after practice, and he looked forward to the next practice.
They say that applause makes elephants dance and so also the public performance made the choir dance. Everything went well and was appreciated by all. Able to be a help to the choir gave him a feeling of satisfaction.
The writer began to wonder about his judgments that he has made in life. He thought that he knew himself but recognized that many of the choices he has made were not wise decisions. After the choir experience he realized that he had limited his area of activity with out reason by his preconceived wrong judgements and prejudices.
He doesn't know what the future holds in store but the areas in which he has little confidence will no longer be off limit. He will not avoid them as in the past. He now looks forward to developing his potentials which have been hidden; he wants to regain control of himself and not be controlled by his self imposed unreasonable limitation. The summer experience with the choir made him see life in a different way.
