Fun, pleasure and appreciation

Well, this is a very delicate subject especially for artists. The desire of recognition and appreciation is coming so naturaly and we believe that this will define us as musicians. I`m not so sure if we are teached in this way, or this desire it`s coming more from inside. 
First, let`s try to explain the terms of hobby and profession. It`s a big difference between a child which takes private lessons and is learning to play an instrument just for fun and pleasure and a child which takes lessons in order to pursue a career in this field. Until now, I didn`t hear teachers from the schools telling the students to play WHAT they want and WHEN they want, just for fun and for their pleasure. This can happen just into the private classes. 
Later, those students who are doing music for profession will become teachers or maybe orchestra players. This are stable jobs and are good for a regular income. But remember, this are jobs! In the orchestra is almost the same. Somebody is organizing a schedule with the pieces for the entire season. So the musicians can`t choose the program. We play what we SHOULD play. Maybe the most happy musicians are those who are amateur or freelance. They have not a stable job and an irregular income, but in the end they are more free to choose their program for performances. 
I don`t know if I was very precise, but the idea is that the professional musicians are not  FREE to play WHAT they want and WHEN they want. It`s more about DISCIPLINE instead of pleasure.
About the appreciation I can say that this is a strong desire for all artists. Being the best, the most talented and famous can be a goal for many musicians. I don`t know if the most famous or talented musicians are more happy. It seems that NO, they are so busy with concerts, so obsessed to work hard and maybe sometimes they are more UNHAPPY than the amateurs who are playing what they WANT just for FUN! 
My message will be: Let`s keep the music also for fun and pleasure and don`t transform it completely into a job!