“But don’t you want to cultivate your gift? It seems a great shame to waste it.” “I’m not sure it is wasted if it pleases me.” Lizzy allowed her fingers to trace a simple scale. “I sometimes wonder if you might enjoy yourself more if you applied yourself a little less.” “But if I don’t apply myself, how will I play anything correctly?” “Perhaps,” remarked Lizzy, “correctness and application are not the only measures of success.”
