W.E. Krill, Jr. M.S.P.C.

Funny how one thing can lead to another. Recently, my son hit a deer with the family car, which led to having a rental car while ours was being repaired. The car had satelite radio, which is pretty cool. The sound system in the car was of really fine quality as well. A song came on by Cat Stevens, a singer from the seventies. I like Cat, and Anne likes him even more. I had known that Cat Stevens had converted to Islam and changed his name years ago, but decided to try to do bit of research on him to see what he had been doing since then.

I love learning. I beleive I got the love of learning from my parents. My Mom was interested in so many things, and our family seemed to gravitate towards 'documentaries' on TV. I recall especially the 'National Geographic Specials' and being, well, special. My Dad told me countless times: 'Never miss a chance to learn something, even if it does not interest you much; you never know when you might use what you have learned.' My college years taught me to do research, soemthing I came to love to do. Those skills have helped me so much with my book-writing. I still do research on a wide variety of things when I get my curiosity up.

And that's how I came to go looking for Cat Stevens, who is now called 'Yusuf'. For many years he did not perform, but did begin to make a difference for the world through his work in the area of peace. He eventually returned to music, producing a children's album of Islamic songs, and then later picked up a guitar again and began to write and perform new music. His latest album is called: 'Roadsinger'. You can hear the themes of peace and Islam in the work, and you can hear the old Cat as well. It was like rediscovering and old friend.  I purchased and downloaded the album and gave it to Anne as a gift.

And so my love of learning and Yusuf's peaceful music came together and produced a gift for my best friend.  She smiled. You never know when something you have learned will become valuable.