---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 8/15/2005 11:03:16 PM Central Standard Time, marypianosmith@yahoo.com writes: Oh gosh, I can't resist jumping in here. I have often noticed how lonely people seem to be, particularly when I have been in their home for 1-2 hours. They seem to ened someone to talk to. So, if I possibly can, I listen. But I agree, one must set one's boundaries and stick to them. It's part of my life's mission, I guess, quite apart from my professional mission, to be kind when I can... One of my regular customers called to have her piano tuned. When I got there, she seemed rather depressed, but she led me to the piano, and I tuned it. Afterwards I asked if she was all right. She told me her husband had just died the week before. I asked her why she wanted her piano tuned, under the circumstances. She said the piano gave her comfort. We wound up talking for about 2 hours. Even though I had other appointments, I realized she needed to talk. I was honored to be able to spend this quality time with this wonderful lady. There have been other instances where I wound up being late to my next appointment because a customer "needed" to talk to me. Althought there are times where you just want the customer to shut up and leave you alone, but, as Mary said, there are times when listening to other people's problems, and giving them comfort, is part of our life's missions. Wim ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/9e/d6/b5/6b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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