David Friedman, composer, conductor and author you may already know has a new book out. Help Is On the Way, based on his song with the same title, is about help that comes to us in unexpected ways. David has learned from personal experience that help is on the way whether you are aware of it or not.
Having learned to deal with his debilitating agoraphobia, David went on to become a Broadway conductor (in addition to his career as a significant composer). Yes, a man who was afraid to go out at all ended up able to stand at a podium in front of hundreds of audience members and lead an orchestra to resounding strength and beauty.
David’s parents sent their two sons to expensive private schools, each warranting the best in education to advance each of their keen talents, ended up $500,000 in debt, had only $900 in the bank, and who knew what would save the family financially, and then….
To listen to David talk about unexpected help is to learn some astonishing lessons. Don’t, he says, work on the event, work on what goes on in your mind. He talks about his father’s success followed by a disastrous fire and then financial predicament. He tells a delicious story about going onto that stage even with stomach churning. What was the help on the way?
To watch him is a whole other level of joy for the teaching about keeping your eye on what is real. A nod here to Lucy Arnaz’s place in David’s story and The Thought Exchange, an earlier book that talks about overcoming resistance to living a sensational life. David is a good lesson in living with every step he takes.
