Re: [Harp-L] RE: Just Have Fun With It

[Grant Walters <grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My dad's a doctor and my mother was a nurse...you do the work of  
angels...

thanks Daniel...

some the most appreciated playing I have done is at the side of  
someones bed in their final hours.....
captive audience I know...but there is something soothing about  
playing straight from ones heart without an agenda.
I wish I had the guts to do it more often...takes someone special to  
deal with that every day.

keep up the good work and recreational playing...you might find a  
receptive audience in at your place of work.

Grant

On Nov 22, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Daniel Perrone wrote:

>  Wow, isn't this thread FUN, lol.
> I think we need to make a distinction between the pro player for  
> whom music is work and a way to make a living and the amateur who  
> does it a hobby.
> I, for example, am a Registered Nurse. I LOVE what I do. I have been  
> told hundreds of times by patients and management that I make a  
> really good nurse. I don't see myself doing anything else. And while  
> my job is rewarding and fulfilling it is one of the most stressful  
> jobs you can do. Dealing with disease, incredible suffering and  
> death on a daily basis takes a big toll on you. Just last week a  
> patient died literally in my arms as I was holding her up while she  
> was sitting at the side of the bed. When the hospital informed the  
> family the first question the family had was " Did she died alone?".  
> They were told " no, she had a nurse at her side while she passed",  
> and this brought some confort to the family So while nursing can be  
> fun at times, for the most part is not, but I love it.
> That's way when I get home, after a long 12 hour shift at the  
> hospital I wan to pick up my harmonica and have FUN and recreate  
> myself. I have many harmonica books, and I don't minding delving  
> into theory and stuff, but in my case, it has to be fun, all the  
> time, I can't afford otherwise.
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