A few years ago a dear friend introduced me to Giovanni, a fellow pianist performing at Caesar's Palace. I was impressed with his talent when he played a few popular tunes, but became absolutely enthralled when he played one of his own compositions. It was as if the man, the body, disappeared, and became one with the piano, the music, the spiritual expression of love.

Many months later, I was listening to one of his tapes, a fully orchestrated version of one of his compositions, and was enchanted by the awesome beauty of his creation. At that moment, I began to fully appreciate this artist, not just as a great pianist, but also as a great composer and conductor.

And then the idea took flight. What if, in addition to being a great pianist/ composer/ conductor, I found he was also a great painter? The appreciation grew even more. What if, in addition to being a great pianist/composer/conductor/artist, I discovered he was also a great poet? And the appreciation grew even more.

And what if he were also a great philosopher? And a great doctor? And a great lawyer? And a great architect? To imagine one being with so many great talents was fantastic. And I realized that it didn't matter which talent I was observing at that particular moment, that I would be as happy seeing his great painting as reading his great poem or listening to his great music.

And then I knew that this great being had ALL of the greatest talents in the world. He was also a great potato farmer in Idaho, a great rancher in Colorado, and a great truck driver hauling goods across the country. He was also a great grocer in Las Vegas, where he stocked all of the wonderful things of the world, so that I, and other children of God, could walk in and select whatever happened to suit our fancy that day.

Then I began to understand the words from A Course In Miracles, that "the only gift worthy of the equal Sons of God is full appreciation". That it doesn't matter which particular part of that great being we express in our lives. All of us are the expression of Love.