Your true worth is what you are now, not when you are discovered, not when the person who discovers you says you are great.

You are the same talented person as you will be when you are a household name. Never forget your true worth is not dependent upon tomorrow but on what you are today.

A violinist played for 45 minutes in a New York subway. A handful of people stopped, a couple clapped, and the violinist managed to raise about $30 in tips.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. In that subway, Joshua played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before he played in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston and the seats averaged about $100.

The experiment proved that the extraordinary in an ordinary environment does not shine and is so often overlooked and undervalued.

There are brilliantly talented people everywhere who aren’t receiving the recognition and reward they deserve.

James Joyce is Ireland’s most celebrated writer/poet. Gertrude Potter, with hundreds of other authors who when recognised became rich and famous only after she published her own books, The Tales of Beatrice Potter.

Tom Roberts, one of Britain’s most gifted literati described the poetry and writing of Michael Walsh as equal to anything in English literature. Tom was hardly alone.

The author of over 70 book titles has earned tributes from the great and famous – but has yet to be discovered and published by a conventional publisher. Are they blind? Obviously, they are.

 Charles Dickens worked as A Liverpool policeman but topped up his meagre pay by book readings to the public.

With few exceptions, the greatest musicians and composers in history were at first – and in some cases, throughout their lives, dirt poor. Johannes Brahms, rated with Ludwig van Beethoven played the piano in dockside taverns,

Much the same can be said of great painters whose works are now well-known.

But once they arm themselves with value and confidence and remove themselves from an environment that isn’t serving them, they thrive and grow.

Your gut is telling you something. Listen to it if it’s telling you that where you are isn’t enough!

Go where you are appreciated and valued.”

For Free.

Nobody stopped to hear him

Though he played so sweet and high

They knew he had never

Been on their T.V.

So, they passed his music by

I meant to go over and ask for a song

Maybe put on a harmony

I heard his refrain

As the signal changed

He was playing really good for free”

Know Your Worth!

THE STIGMA ENIGMA Michael Walsh award-winning novelist. Double-crossed in love, ex-mercenary Jack Scarlett has the sinister sinners of Liverpool’s underworld in his cross-hairs. Detective Chief Inspector Eric Jansen vows to stop his high-octane lethal feud. Can Detective Chief Inspector Eric Jansen stop Jack Scarlett, and does he really want to? LINK TO BOOK  https://feji.us/he8fac