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Belief Got Me A Distinction On Piano Exam!
Submitted by: JAEE
IndiaPositivity changed my life. It can change yours too.
This is my inspiring story of how I achieved a distinction on my Trinity College London Grade 5 Piano Exam by regaining my lost belief in the Universe.
In 2014, I had given many exams, and it had been the most challenging year for me. It began with my G.P.A. I had hoped to get a 4.5/5 but got a 4.1 instead. Then, on the SAT, I got 770/800 instead of 800/800. And then the TOEFL. I got 108/120 instead of 116. I was troubled by the same question for days: why all this underachievement?
I had doubts and negativity, even before my piano exam. My family couldn’t buy me a piano, so I had practiced on my keyboard for so long. My piano teacher told me that I couldn’t get a distinction until I got a piano at home. The keyboard just wouldn’t do. But I couldn’t help it because I really couldn’t get a piano. I kept pushing further until the day of the exam. I was hoping my exam would go flawlessly, but it didn’t. In fact, I got a major test totally wrong. I played my pieces well but had minor technical errors.
I didn’t come out of the piano room crying. I had given up. There was nothing to cry about anymore. I had convinced myself that I couldn’t do anything, that I was good for nothing. I had lost whatever talent I had before. The Secret probably didn’t work. I was lying on my bed, letting the negativity consume me.
Suddenly, a photo of me playing the piano at an event flew up from nowhere. I jumped from my bed and took it in my hands. In the photo, I had such a carefree expression. I looked beautiful, I looked talented, and I looked free. This picture was enough to break the dam. I started crying loudly, praying for positivity, praying for The Secret to work, praying to get my life back to normal.
I decided to test the Universe. I told the Universe if it was listening, and this law of attraction thing really worked, it would give me a glimpse of my friend who lived in the building diagonally opposite to mine. I wished to see my friend on his balcony. I don’t know why I felt like testing the Universe, but I prayed that I would see him on his balcony. This would be a sign to me that the law of attraction really works and that I could achieve my piano distinction too.
I was standing in my window just staring out when suddenly I saw him. On his balcony! Standing right there! The tears I was shedding doubled out of joy.
After that test, I began to believe. I sincerely believed that I’d get a distinction on the piano. If I could attract something as random as seeing my friend on the balcony, this was nothing difficult. I told myself that a true musician’s music would reach the audience no matter how many technical errors. I felt like a real pianist, enjoyed life, practiced gratitude, and let it go.
One early morning, when I was still asleep, my mom shook me furiously and shouted, “Wake up!” She pushed a phone toward me, “Hello?” I asked in a sleepy stupor. “You got what you wanted,” said my piano teacher, “88/100, with distinction.”
Since then, I have never given up on The Secret. If it seems like it is failing you, check the way you are feeling! If you are doubting it, how could it happen for you?
I had no piano to practice on, I went wrong on a test, and I still got a distinction because I believed in the Universe. On my performance report, the examiner had written, “Minor technical errors but accomplished musicality. She is a fine performer.”
I knew it was nothing but faith working here. It worked for me; now make it work for you.