The Silver Flute
Summary
The Story of
Chicken Soup for the Soul Thanks Dad with the tittle The Silver Flute tells
about one mother that had to remember
her life story when she was a young girl fourty years ago. She was a young girl
of four brothers and sisters in her family, she was the shy and quite one,
always willing to stay in the background in a family of six. Her parents did
the best they could provide for the needs of their children, even so, she felt
that something was missing from her life, and she didn’t know what it was. She
was always a good student and played the piano for the choir, but at fifteen,
she was insecure and longed to feel a part of something. One day, when she was
wandering around in her unsettled life feeling burdened and out of sort, and
couldn’t play the piano like usually, even she had to try, her dad was coming
to her and asked her what happened to her, so she answered that she didn’t
know. Finally, when she said that it might help if she could play in the band
like her brother, David, because she wanted to do anything, not just play the
piano, her dad said, “okay, we will get you an instrument. Which one would you
like to play?” and she answered, “the flute”. So, they went to the music store,
and bought one flute that she wanted. Her heart was spilling over with joy, not
only about the new flute but she knew that her dad loved her, and she thought
that the worth of that love meant more to her that day than all the instruments
in the store put together, and she thanksed to her dad for knowing her heart
and for being so willing to do what he could help her that day.
Reflection
The
story is so simple, but we can find one thing that important to do in our life,
that is to be a good understanding person, even someone doesn’t tell us more
about something. We can be a close person for someone that needs our help, but
can’t tell something more. We can be a close person first for someone that
can’t near with us in beginning. The story teaches us to be a good
understanding person for someone or something, and it can be real if we don’t
only understand but also can do something for them. Like her dad that can
understand her problem, before she tells something more about her feeling, wants
to ask her before she says about something, and can do something important for
her that can solve her problem. There’s an important thing that we can do in
our life, to be a good understanding person that can do something for someone.
Even it is not a big thing, but the most thing important is we can do
something. Like with our family, our sisters and brothers, our friends and for
everyone in around us, if we can understand them well, we can be closer to them,
know what to do, and we can do something important that we can do for them. Life
can be more settle and peaceful.
