greater purpose OT

Pianofxrguy@AOL.COM Pianofxrguy@AOL.COM
Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:04:06 EDT


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I heard a program on the radio, NPR I think, that women and men share their 
problems differently. Women will often share with another woman over a meal 
or coffee or tea or sitting in the living room. Not exclusively, but most 
often. Men seem more likely to open up if they are working together on some 
project, most often a hands on project like building something or working in 
a shop.
I thought back to the times that my son, who will claim everything is fine in 
public or in the living room, would start to talk about what is really 
bothering him once we were sanding piano parts or taking hammers off an 
action stack. A couple of friends of his worked for me several summers and 
there were some similar times where the conversation was about personal 
things, not the piano we were working on. 
Having a shop doesn't make us a bartender or minister but, the way men are 
wired, it does give us an opportunity to relate on a deeper level with people 
who need a friend or with people who can be a friend to us. 
Piano technology as therapy.... who knew?
John Stroup

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