greater purpose OT

[gordon stelter]

Spiritual progress is the only reason we should be
here, period. Fixing pianos, or any other endeavor,
should only be to that end. Every piano we rebuild, no
matter how carefully, will disintegrate 
( in geological terms ) in the wink of an eye! Only
the ethics of our actions last forever.
     Gordon Stelter
--- Pianofxrguy@AOL.COM wrote:
> 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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