Donald Gould 曾经是一个"homeless piano man" 几年前儿子学琴期间看过的vedio. 一个homeless的人，精神状态都不是很好的情况下，手指间流淌出来的音乐，真的让人惋惜，唏嘘。下面有人评论“一个人可以被夺走所有东西，除了talent". 他在lost his wife and custody of his son 后精神垮掉了，经历了毒品（和酗酒？）慢慢变成了homeless. 后面有人把他在街上弹琴的视频发到网上，引起大量的关注，有GoFundMe 募捐到了很多钱，有人带他去理发，换了干净的衣服，电视台采访，后面有一些机构帮助他，算是人生有了第二次机会。但2021年的一篇报道文中提到他还有很多问题需要解决（很多年的homeless生活，尤其吸毒，对人的打击和改变是很大的，并不只是简单的经济问题，生存问题，他还需要很多的资源来帮助他真正回归正常），像下面说的： “Donald was the same person now as he was then, what happens a lot of the times with celebrity and fame is people don’t understand there’s still a lot of underlying issues, which is why he was homeless in the first place,” said Licoski. “And nobody wants to talk about that or address that, but in order to successfully get him off the streets, he needs to make sure that he has the right people in place for him and the right resources.” Donald recently had an album released called Walk on Water. He is currently putting together audition songs for “America’s Got Talent.” Gould also says a movie is being made about his life. He remains very optimistic about this next leg of his journey. 人生有时候会经历非常大的困境，回归不会只发生在一天，需要很长时间来heal, 也需要大量的工作。我觉得美国这个社会虽然有残酷的一面（必须要非常努力，不努力就可能阶级滑落），也有温暖的一面，热心的人的热心帮助，和各种支持机构，能让人有人生的second chance. 孙博士也曾经跌落到泥沼里，大家开始帮助他，但我想他精神上心理上还需要持久的帮助，不是简单的理个发，换一身干净衣服，给一些生活费，能有些吃的，有个住的地方，没有后续的心理治疗，很有可能再次跌倒回到homeless
肮脏的外套，蓬乱的头发，“张嘴”的鞋子，一罐啤酒，一本书，另一个homeless piano man, Ryan Arcand. 他甚至compose自己的曲子，优美的旋律，九年前的一段YouTube 视频，下面的留言说不幸的是他四年前去世了。sad. 希望这些因为生活变故跌到泥沼中的人都能有幸运获得帮助，能够重新有机会发挥他们的所长，活着真是太不容易了
“Donald was the same person now as he was then, what happens a lot of the times with celebrity and fame is people don’t understand there’s still a lot of underlying issues, which is why he was homeless in the first place,” said Licoski. “And nobody wants to talk about that or address that, but in order to successfully get him off the streets, he needs to make sure that he has the right people in place for him and the right resources.” Donald recently had an album released called Walk on Water. He is currently putting together audition songs for “America’s Got Talent.” Gould also says a movie is being made about his life. He remains very optimistic about this next leg of his journey.
人生有时候会经历非常大的困境，回归不会只发生在一天，需要很长时间来heal, 也需要大量的工作。我觉得美国这个社会虽然有残酷的一面（必须要非常努力，不努力就可能阶级滑落），也有温暖的一面，热心的人的热心帮助，和各种支持机构，能让人有人生的second chance. 孙博士也曾经跌落到泥沼里，大家开始帮助他，但我想他精神上心理上还需要持久的帮助，不是简单的理个发，换一身干净衣服，给一些生活费，能有些吃的，有个住的地方，没有后续的心理治疗，很有可能再次跌倒回到homeless
在美国，一不小心会沦落到homeless。一旦没工作生了大病等房产税交不起就可能无家可归。那个弹琴流浪汉也许小时候家庭不错，但最终生活的打击让人坠入深渊。所以班上经常推娃很猛，不如推自己，给孩子存一笔钱，以后就算有意外也能靠这笔钱翻盘。
"纽约流浪博士流浪的原因找到了： 1，不愿意去医院诊治自己幻听的精神疾病
2，不愿意/不主动领福利
3，多亏了好心教会的收留，否则这17年的流浪将会 更惨"