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BEETHOVEN’S GRIEF
Ludwig Beethoven was not a man known for his social graces. Because of his deafness, he found conversation difficult and humiliating. When he heard of the death of a close friend’s son, he rushed to the man’s house to express his grief. He had no words of comfort to offer, but for the next half hour, he sat at the piano and poured out his emotions in the most eloquent way he could. When he finished playing, he left. His friend later remarked that no one else’s visit had meant as much. Adapted from Philip Yancey