The Wonder of Ordinary

We say, "One person's trash is another person's treasure." I'm learning that ordinary stories are often the most powerful. You just have to pay attention.

Nearly 60 years ago, Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein was at work restoring an old violin given to him by a Jewish Holocaust survivor. Inside the body of the instrument, he discovered what looked like ashes. But, he quickly realized, these were not ashes—they were the incinerated remains of human bodies, which had clung to the instrument like dust t…