Shakespeare wrote:  If music be the food of love, play on, give me escess of it.

 

I wrote:  In beautiful music there is no sin, only beauty and happiness.

 

From a very early age, I wanted to play the violin and become a conductor.  But my parents could not afford to buy me a violin or pay music lessons for me.  So, I never played the violin and did not become a conductor.

 

But I spent hours, in my house, standing near the record player and conducting the music with a stick.

 

And when I went to parties at my relatives’ place, for Christmas, New Year and for Birthdays, the music that was always played at that time, was the music of the Strauss family and that of Franz Lehar, especially the waltzes.

 

Instead of dancing with the pretty girls, I stood all night near the record player, conducting the music.  I was not at all shy; I just had to do it.

 

This passion for conducting has never left me.  I am still doing it today, when I watch music on the television or my music videos.

 

When I am conducting these beautiful waltzes, I am truly lost to the world, and see only beauty and happiness.

 

Two of my favourite waltzes are:  The Blue Danube by Johan Strauss and Gold and Silver waltz by Franz Lehar.

 

About a year ago, I had a pen pal from Sweden.  One day she told me that her aunt was getting married.  Of course I did not know the aunt and she knew nothing about me.  Do you know what I did?

 

I asked my pen pal to tell her aunt about me and told her that I wish her all the happiness in the world and suggested to her that she should play, at the reception, for the first waltz, the Gold and Silver waltz by Franz Lehar.   It is such a romantic and elegant waltz and I thought that having this particular waltz at her wedding, would bring her and her new husband so much joy and happiness.

 

My pen pal’s aunt agreed to play this music as the first waltz at her wedding reception if she could find the CD.  Obviously, she did not have it.

 

As I did not have that particular CD myself, I searched for it on the Internet in all the big stores I could find.  I found the CD in Paris.  I immediately ordered it and asked it to be sent to my pen pal.  I then sent an email to my Pen pal telling her that she would soon received a CD from me and that she should give it to her aunt.

 

Alas, the CD got to her too late, a few days after the wedding, so she could not play it on her wedding day.  Nevertheless, she got a present from me.

 

You may think that I am naïve to do something like that, especially that I never knew my pen pal’s aunt and that she did not know anything about me.

 

To me, it does not matter if I know someone personally or not; I do wish people to be happy in their lives regardless.  And if I can contribute something, however trivial, to cause them to be happy, I would do it with tears in my eyes, tears of happiness.

 

Now, I still have an ambition, that to conduct a full orchestra in the Gold and Silver waltz by Franz Lehar, which I would dedicate to everyone in our world, to wish them all happiness in their lives.

 

I am still praying for this wish to come true; perhaps one day it will.

 

France Chorley

 

Would you care to be my pen pal?  If so, please be nice and write to me on my email address, which is: france.chorley@gmail.com

Hi,

 

What is Friendship:

 

I am neither a psychologist nor an intellectual, therefore find it impossible to define friendship and put into words my understanding of it.

 

But what I do know, is that I will laugh with you when you are well and happy and I will cry together with you when you are sad and I will light a candle for you when you are ill or have seemingly impossible problems.

 

France

 

 

Friends are like Roses

 

 

Would you care to be my pen pal?

 

Please write to me on my email address, which is: france.chorley@gmail.com

 

This is what I have to say about myself:

 

Please forgive me for this intrusion; I hope that I am not disturbing your peace.

 

Please do not be offended by this letter.  If I have said anything in it that you do not like, I apologise most sincerely.

 

I only wish to find pen pals; and my only quest in writing to pen pals, is to try and find a Profound and Transcendent meaning to friendship which, I believe is sorely and sadly lacking in our world today.

 

Respect

 

I am always thinking that if everyone throughout the world would respect everyone else – young and old, black and white – what a terrific and wonderful world we could have.

 

Alas! I don’t think that this is ever going to be possible, because it is an innate characteristic trait in human beings to be full of hate, prejudice, envy and jealousy.

 

But how can we change our world, where Politicians and even the Church have failed?

 

But you and I can do our bit, we don’t have to hate each other and we can be friends, without expecting anything from each other, except pure love and pure friendship, for another human being like ourselves.

 

And if we cannot be friends, for one reason or another, we don’t have to write to each other or talk to each other, allowing the other person the right to have his or her own life.

 

If people would think in this very simple and logical way, I am sure that there would be much less wars and killings on earth.

 

But let us forget about all that, you and I can do our bit; we can create our own world, our own better world, the perfect world.

 

I am a 50 year old man, married, born in Mauritius, but now living in England.   But as I said, my only quest in writing to pen pals, is to try and find a profound and transcendent meaning to friendship which I believe is sorely and sadly lacking in our world today.

 

I love classical music, operas and waltzes, which I just love to conduct.

 

I appear as God created me; I have never once betrayed myself, always trying to be true to my nature.

 

I also like to talk about sex.  But please do not be alarmed; I am mot a pervert, in that I don’t do any harm to anyone.  I only wish to write letters.

 

I believe that sex is a natural phenomenon, a little like food and water to our bodies.  But rape, violence and sadism are not natural and I abhor those.

 

As I am a human being and not a God, I am sure that I have many faults, for which I hope that you will forgive me and not judge me too harshly.

 

Thank you

 

France Chorley