Submitted by Patricia S on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 2:19pm.
“Music has a wonderful way of penetrating through the funk of necessity and changing my mood.”I couldn’t agree more.Music has always been one of my best friends – from Led Zeppelin to traditional hymns; “Stairway to Heaven” to “Amazing Grace”.Music plus exercise is a sure-fire formula for supreme well-being.
Compton says (on page 139) that “music can help patients heal faster after surgery, can help cancer patients with the healing process, can help Alzheimer’s patients remember events from their past, can help people cope better with severe pain, can boost our immune systems, and can even help children raise test scores.”He goes on to say that “music can actually lead to increases in brain size”.I’m not exactly sure what that means – watch out for a swelled head?’
“Would you rather be right or happy?”Unfortunately, I think a fair number of people want to be “right”.But, it is the wise person who decides that the “right” thing to do is be happy.One of my favorite quotes is – “The desire to control change is our greatest obstacle to wisdom.” (Ram Dass)Praying is a great tool for letting go of the need to control.
It made me smile to picture you “dancing around the living room”.A very positive image…..
“Music has a wonderful way of penetrating through the funk of necessity and changing my mood.” I couldn’t agree more. Music has always been one of my best friends – from Led Zeppelin to traditional hymns; “Stairway to Heaven” to “Amazing Grace”. Music plus exercise is a sure-fire formula for supreme well-being.
Compton says (on page 139) that “music can help patients heal faster after surgery, can help cancer patients with the healing process, can help Alzheimer’s patients remember events from their past, can help people cope better with severe pain, can boost our immune systems, and can even help children raise test scores.” He goes on to say that “music can actually lead to increases in brain size”. I’m not exactly sure what that means – watch out for a swelled head?’
“Would you rather be right or happy?” Unfortunately, I think a fair number of people want to be “right”. But, it is the wise person who decides that the “right” thing to do is be happy. One of my favorite quotes is – “The desire to control change is our greatest obstacle to wisdom.” (Ram Dass) Praying is a great tool for letting go of the need to control.
It made me smile to picture you “dancing around the living room”. A very positive image…..