Once, there was a man who visited foreign lands. When he returned, all he could talk about was the wonderful adventures he had and the great deeds he had done.
One of the feats he told was about a leap he made in a city called Rhodes. ‘The leap was so great,’ the man said. ‘No other man can make such a leap. Many persons in Rhodes saw me and can prove I am telling the truth.’
‘No need for witnesses,’ said one of his listeners, ‘Imagine that this city is Rhodes, and show us how far you can jump. Encore!’
Encore is a French word meaning ‘again’. Audiences often yell, ‘Encore!’ if an act has been particularly good. The request to repeat is actually a confirmation that the performer has the capacity to replicate the performance and often make it better.
So often, so many of us take pride in past deeds, but cannot repeat the act. It’s the deeds that count, not the boasting words. Yesterday may have been the best… Today we must be as good or better. We must be deserving of the Encore call.
Do not boast of deeds done yesterday
Be worthy of the Encore calls of today!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
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