If you could instantly master any skill, what would it be and why?

I was just saying to Molly, my church’s Music Director, I wish I could touch all ten of my fingertips to hers and have her piano skills transfer to my hands.

She can play anything—beautifully. She can sight read any piece of sheet music (from classical to pop) and play it perfectly the first time.

She accompanied me on my recent solo performance of a Broadway song and she made it so much better.

I took about six years of piano lessons, but I never got good. Anything I learned to play took hours and hours of practice.

Molly started playing at age 9 and never stopped, She got a B.M. in Piano Performance from Butler University and then an M.M. Collaborative Piano from Boston University. She said going through Conservatory-type training was brutal, but that was when she achieved true mastery.

I’d like the mastery, with none of the work.

I’d play for myself, play for others, maybe join an ensemble, and definitely plop down on those public piano benches and bring joy to the people.