Some months back I had the pleasure to be called to perform my music for a very wealthy family, it was a birthday of one of the member and the evening was very private. I approached the event as I always do, focused and professional and I'm always myself in the way I communicate with anybody. Even though there was no intimidation at all, some sort of a curiousity was part of my state of mind. Because the evening was private, the entire room was very intimate and as much as I could be discrete and focus on my performance I could not avoid to hear their conversations and interactions. Throughout the entire evening I heard nothing but words of respect and encouragement for each other, the sincere admiration and gratefulness they have for each other it was such an example on how people and mostly family members should treat each other and feel of each other. My curiosity became admiration at this point for the human being that they are, I was fully aware of their generosity throughout their many foundations but the success in their businesses was greatly deserved. I heard lots of times saying "Of course! when you have all that money it's easy be happy and grateful" weather instead we have plenty of examples of the exact opposite. Lots of successful people learn about being happy and grateful as the foundation for their success and not the other way and try to alway watch the good side of a person it s a practice discipline and not a given. They surely have hundred of problem they have to deal daily: bad publicity, public attacks, law suits but that is not gonna altering their stability and solid conviction about their loved one and their passions. I left the evening with a gratefulness not just for the event, the music and the wine (best red wine I ever taste….) but for what I learn about life through the example I witnessed for the entire evening. Thank you for reading this wherever you are. Until next…….All the best This is a performance from some years back with my favorite trumpet player Jay Daversa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a9sfkz7TBs