On 1/27/2011 9:09 PM, Mr. Mac's wrote: > A person can still be of tremendous service to a community when the heart and passion factors > are no longer at the forefront of one's life. I think, Keith, that you just answered your own question. Being of tremendous service to a community (and I certainly think I am of service to the local musical community in particular) is a strong part of the heart and passion David Andersen was talking about. Having heart and passion doesn't mean that we won't experience something akin to drudgery with some tasks, on some days. But we know it is FOR something. When we stop caring whether or not the little student has a decent working instrument to learn on, or whether the old lady can play her hymns without hurting her arthritic fingers, or whether the music school can hold a concert without the pianist complaining (especially if we no longer even want to hear the concert!), that is truly the time to stop, IMO. The world itself is a gift to each of us. We need to find good work to do which prevents it from turning a featureless gray, out of simple gratitude for being here. Susan Kline -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110127/56a918c2/attachment.htm>
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