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pangaia

(24,324 posts)
18. Beautifully said.
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 03:32 PM
Mar 2018

You're much better at it than I am.

My ex-wife remarried and we are still good friends.
Whenever I visit her and her (now) 5 year old is with me, he is MY responsibility. And I will protect him with my life,. Of course, he is great at Tae Kwon Do, so maybe he will have to protect me.

I feel a responsibility to 'help and protect' my violinist friend as well. Circumstances are such that I am in a position to do so, in a very small way, although she will never know. In her universe of people I am a tiny moon, circling a small planet in a galaxy far, far away, just some guy from upstate NY. (I mean she plays concerts with the likes of Valery Gergiev and Myung Whun Chung. Who am I ??) Her 'teacher/mentor' knows what I do, but I told him please do not tell her. It will just add to her burden.

There is a similar thing with these students, in a way. We can help them, overtly, but also even unbeknownst to them. Our feeling helps them, even our invisible posts here.

I will also donate when the time comes.







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