Just came from a performance out of a highly competitive program for
high school students to study classical piano,
which I also studied at their age.

I did not envy them one bit.
I remember all the hours I spent practicing the piano at that age,
and the auditions to get into a good university music program.
I could feel for the students taking turns at the piano.
And I thought, let them do the heavy lifting now,
I've had my turn, and I'm done playing the piano for others.

But I don't say that to my acquaintances in the audience,
because a lot of them would not understand how I can feel that way.