To my Dream of Flight

In thinking about my life, I arrived at some
ideas about what was necessary for a fruitful
life.

First, you become involved in projects that
you can put your heart into. They seem
important. What happens, the outcome of your
efforts, must make a difference to you.

Second, the outcome must have, directly or
indirectly, a wanted effect not only on you but
on something outside you, on other people or
on science or on a ranch or on a business.

Third, your project must involve some effort in
doing, and especially in learning and
experimenting.

Fourth, you have to really commit yourself by
being willing to stand for something and
represent the kind of person to yourself and to
others that is not inconsistent with what you
are involved in. In this sense, taking something
seriously often means that one is conscious of
acting a role.

~ Frank Oppenheimer

I believe that only music can describe the magnificence of life.