Feb 4, 2016
This is a bit early for Valentine's Day, but I have to share my parents' awesome love story with you for you to understand how profound my re-discovery is...
It's like any habit we get into, we're diligent, we do it religiously and then some pebble gets in the way and pretty soon an avalanche gets away from us and the habit just dissipates...often without us knowing it.
That's basically how I look at my absence of music for so many years. Having a long career in sales I was constantly feeding myself with personal development teaching, Bob Proctor, T. Harv Eker, Jack Canfield, Dr. Wayne Dyer and more than I can mention here.
And so I stopped be-bopping down the highway to my favorite tunes, instead I was educating myself non-stop. And it was fabulous, until it wasn't. One day I suddenly had had enough. My shelves are full of the books and I've re-listened to so much that I craved listening to music for a change...wow, how I had missed it, without ever realizing it.
Attending concerts where our grand daughter sings with the Madrigals is a blessing every time, but even more than that...the joy we feel when we walk into their house and we hear her singing every song you can imagine. Her voice is stunningly beautiful (and not just 'cause I'm her grandmother), she sings while she does her homework and knows all the words! I said she was talented :-)
And now I offer to you the wisdom of what I've re-discovered and what the whole world already knows - music increases your productivity, it fills you full of joy, or a memory of sadness, but it stirs you to life no matter how it's heard.
We're heading off to hear the Quaker Choir tonight even though our grand daughter won't be there due to her losing her voice - because it's another affirmation of living life to the fullest. Please embrace it, in whatever way works for you - and if you have a tune that brings you a smile, I'd love to hear about it :-)
Passing On A Smile,
Gail