Try this.  Get a tomato seed and place it in your hand.  Few of you would ever say that you have a tomato plant in your hand.  Now plant it in the ground.  It is now covered in dirt and you have begun to water it.  If you showed someone your tomato plant, many would still doubt that you have a tomato plant.  As the tomato plant goes through different stages towards maturity, you may still find those who still doubt that you have a tomato plant.
As a beginning flutist, I was introduced to the Melodie de Gluck.  I immediately fell in love with the piece and the flutist for his interpretation of the piece.  The piece became an inspiration to practice diligently.  At first I practiced the piece quite often.  At times I would record myself playing it, but I was never satisfied with my interpretation of the piece.  Time would march on and eventually I became intimately acquainted with the piece.  Playing it became more than an interpretation.  It became something that I could say–like speaking.

What I didn’t fully appreciate was the fact that a tomato plant is a tomato plant even if it hasn’t produced ripe tomatoes yet.  It is perfect at every stage of development.

Click the video below to play along with this piano accompaniment.  There are many place where you can get the sheet music free online.  Click here for one example>

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