This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Clyde Success and rewards are not always perceived by ears that dont hear and = eyes that dont see. There is much work ....and the laborers are few Richard ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Clyde Hollinger=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:36 AM Subject: Margin - Mostly OT Friends, This is a goodbye (perhaps shortlived or temporary, who knows?) to the = pianotech list, but not for the normal reasons, like being upset over = arguments or getting tired of the OT posts. It is because I could see myself in a book I am currently reading = titled Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial and Time = Reserves to Overloaded Lives by Richard Swenson, M.D. I am trying to = prioritize the various aspects of my life. The list didn't make the = cut. I am also attempting to reduce my work load servicing pianos. I = find it easy to answer the call of the urgent and ignore the important. About a year ago a "turn in the road" put me in touch with my = neighbors, both adults and teens, in ways I did not experience = previously. I won't take the time to get more specific. Some of my neighbors and acquaintances are satisfied with the lives = they lead, and I am not trying to change their minds. But others find = life a drag because they are living destructive lifestyles, or they have = inadequate resources to deal with their problems. They feel trapped, = and they don't know where to turn. One neighbor told me on Sunday, "We = need all the help we can get." At the very least, I want them to know that across the street, in the = white house with red shutters, there is a man who cares enough to at = least listen, and maybe help in some way. As a follower of Jesus, I am = willing to talk about their current welfare but also about the eternal, = if they're open to that. But this takes time, and I am trying to free = up more time for such things.=20 The conversations I've had over the past eight months are quite unlike = anything before this. What I am doing is very rewarding and likely to = become even more so. More painful, too, probably. :-) I'd love to = tell you more, but I've got to stop somewhere, or this email will eat up = my whole morning! Now you know a little more what makes me tick. If you wish to respond = and want me to see it, you'll need to email me privately. I wish you = all the best. Regards, Clyde Hollinger, RPT Lititz, PA "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I.... =20 I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the = difference." -- Robert Frost ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/73/c9/b5/1d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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