[Harp-L] Personal Growth is as important as learning a new "lick"

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

I commend Randy on his honesty and bravery for admitting a painful reality. Here is where real growth occurs.
 
This list has been a lot to a lot of people over the years, but breakthroughs such as this can not be encouraged enough. 
 
If I am reading this correctly, Randy was consumed by anger/jealosy and a compulsion to want to "smoke that dude" in a gunslinger's shoot-out in order to prove something to himself. However, a realization that this direction is a waste of personal time and power and is, in fact, immature, is never too late in coming.
 
It sounds as if Randy is pleased with his own personal revelations and I applaud him. Most likely, his own performance skills will find themselves improving by themselves from this point onward. 
 
The Iceman
 
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From: BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx

          Jason I just have to  respond to this even though it is late. Let 
me be honest here (being honest gets  me in trouble but I gotta do it anyway) 
When I first got on the list I was  jealous of you probably because you were a 
"PRO" like I want to be still after  35 years. I used to live on Bleeker and I 
saw your name on some boards at the  blues bars along the street and I was 
told that you were the "man" there. EGO  TIME In my head I thought that's 
because they never heard me  and they will. I'll try and make this short. I can 
sooo 
relate to  everything you have said in that post. I'm sober now but I 
supplemented my  income in a myriad of ways too when I was out there. Most of 
them 
not to be  proud of. Thanx for saying what you did, you have helped me a lot. 
Playin' the  harp for a livin' aint easy, I've been struggling to do it for a 
long time now,  and really, most of the gigs and trials haven't sucked. I 
brought on my own  misfortunes and I like to think I will bring about the 
triumph of 
reaching my  goals. You have inspired me. I will never ever be gunning for a 
show down with  you anymore. I just hope that I can pull off my conquest with 
the panache and  humility that you display so naturally. I would have 
responded before this but  I've been in Kentucky attending my aunt's funeral 
whom I 
loved dearly and  probably has made me feel so sensitive to feelings right now. 
You ROCK dude, I  don't want to outgun you now, I want to emulate you. Thanx. 
O yea, I'm also  working on a CD funded be me and my Momma that I can shop 
around Manhattan and  Nashville like you did. Your the man.
                  Randy
            Randy
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