A brilliant young concert pianist was performing for the first time in public. The audience sat enthralled as beautiful music flowed from his disciplined fingers. The people could hardly take their eyes off this young virtuoso. As the final note faded, thunderous applause swept through the audience. Everyone was on his feet, except one old man in the front row. The pianist walked off the stage crestfallen. The stage manager praised the performance, but the young man replied, "I was no good; the performance was a failure."
The manager said, "Look out there! Everyone is on his feet except for an old man up front!"
"Yes," said the youth dejectedly, "but that old man is my teacher."
Whose approval do you seek with the same desire as the young pianist had for his teacher's praise? Are you swayed by public opinion, or the applause of the crowd?

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