Compassion

I have not encountered compassion very often in my life. I grew up in a farming community in Indiana among two of my three brothers. More often than not I was shown no compassion and if I was it was only fake and meant almost nothing to me. I was often told that 'life is not fair.' That is why whenever someone showed me compassion it meant a lot more to me than they could ever have known.

One such example was my Freshman year in high school. I was put into the top show choir that year because I was a great high tenor. That year I recieved not one but two solos in the final show. Unfortunately before the year ended my voice decided to change. I dropped about three octaves in my voice and lost both solos. My choir director felt bad for me because there was nothing that I could do. So, my director 'took me under his wing' so to speak and was in conversation with me throughout this phase in my life. If it wasn't for his compassion I do not think I would have this love for singing that I enjoy to this day. It took very little effort on his part to show he cared but it meant the world to me and my singing career.