Chuck, Beautiful post. That's what I'm talkin about. My sentiments exactly. Thanks. -Mark Schecter Chuck Behm wrote: > Just back from a long day of tuning. At 9 o'clock this morning, at my first > job, I'm sitting at a piano with a half-round window over the back of it, > looking out at the tops of the budding trees, and the white, fair weather > clouds drifting lazily across the bright blue sky. From a nearby patio door, > a chorus of robins outside and a refreshing hint of a cool breeze. I'm > sitting in these cozy surroundings making a neglected piano sound musical > again. What a great way to earn a living. > > As I tuned, I thought about how much John would love to be doing this right > now. Just an ordinary job on a ordinary day sitting at an rather ordinary > piano - what he would give to turn back the hands of time a bit so that he > could be doing this very thing - what we do every day, and take entirely for > granted. > > When I finished the job, my first of the month, I asked the customer to make > the check out to John - I'll put it in an envelope and drop it in the mail > the first thing in the morning. Maybe this isn't the best way to handle > this (I don't want to do it in a way that mucks things up for John from a > tax standpoint) but it seemed such a simple thing to do - and it just felt > so good to be able to do something, even something as small as donating a > single tuning. > > Whatever works as the best way to make contributions, let's stay focused on > what's important . We're out here, doing what we enjoy, and John, for a long > time at any rate, will be struggling just to put his life back together. > While we can't really fix anything, let's do what we can to help - give our > financial and our moral support to a great guy who, were the situation > reversed, would do the same thing for any of us. Chuck >
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