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MUSIC ” THE POWER OF MUSIC”

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FEW THINGS HOLD POWER OVER OUR EMOTION, MIND AND BODY AS TODAY’S DAILY WISDOM WORD, MUSIC HOLDS.  WHY CAN MUSIC DO THIS AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ITS EMOTIONAL POWER OVER US?  THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC.  OUR ANCESTORS OFTEN USED A VERY RUDIMENTARY  FORM OF THE MUSIC WE HEAR TODAY.  LET US LOOK AT THE MEANING OF MUSIC IN THE WEBSTER DICTIONARY AND THE DAILY WISDOM WORD DEFINITION OF MUSIC. 

WEBSTER MEANING, MUSIC-THE SCIENCE OR ART OF TONES OR SOUNDS OF SUCCESSION, IN COMBINATION AND IN TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS TO PRODUCE A COMPOSITION. 

DAILY WISDOM WORDS DEFINITION OF MUSIC-A SERIES OF SOUNDS, TONES, INSTRUMENTS, TEMPO AND BEAT THAT HOLDS THE CAPACITY OF A FORM OF SELF-THERAPY.

HAVE YOU EVER FELT SAD OR BROKEN? MANY OF US HAVE FELT LIKE THIS AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIFE, AND WE MAY NOT BE CONSCIOUSLY AWARE OF IT.  OFTEN SOME LOSS IN OUR LIFE IS

REFLECTING OF OUR MOODS.  WHETHER IT IS COUNTRY MUSIC, OR THE WORDS OF A LOVE SONG WITH A SAD, SLOW BEAT, TEMPO AND WORDS THAT MAKE US  FEEL HAPPY.  ALONG WITH THE SADNESS OF SLOW COUNTRY MUSIC OR MUSIC THAT WE USE TO MOTIVATE US DURING EXERCISE AND WORK OUT TO A FAST BEAT, MUSIC HAS THE POWER TO HELP OUR MOOD OR LEAD US TO RELEASE EMOTIONS OF JOY AND IS MOTIVATIONAL.  MUSIC IS USED TO CREATE ALL  OF KINDS OF  DANCING, SUCH AS MODERN DANCE, OR BALLET.   

MUSIC HELPS US MOVE AND GROOVE, OR USE OUR CREATIVITY FORMING MUSIC OURSELVES.  MUSIC IS SO POWERFUL IN UPLIFTING OVERALL MOOD.   THERE IS A RISE IN BRAIN ACTIVITY  ASSOCIATED WITH  COMA PATIENTS WHO WE BELIEVE IN SOME WAY CAN HEAR MUSIC, OR SOUND. MUSCIC IS SO POWERFUL AND OFTEN CATHARTIC.  WE USE MUSIC FOR OTHER FORMS OF THERAPY AS WELL AS ENTERTAINMENT.  THERE IS NOTHING QUITE  LIKE THE EXCITEMENT FELT HEARING A LIVE ROCK BAND AT A CONCERT WE GO TO. 

DO WE FEEL THE NEED TO RELAX?  OFTENTIMES CLASSICAL MUSIC WILL CALM OUR INNER SOUL AND HELP US WITH BEING CALM AND REGARDLESS OF AN OLD COUNTRY SONG, OR A NEW RELEASE, MANY OF US AS WRITERS USE IT AS A FORM OF MOTIVATION.  MUISIC IS POWERFUL AND ITS THERAPEUTIC VALUE HAS ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES IN OUR PAST SHOWS PROMISE FOR FUTURE, CUTTING EDGE THERAPY.  WE ARE STILL DISCOVERING THE BENEFITS OF MUSIC TODAY.  MUSIC THERAPY IS PREVALENT IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY.

IT WAS OFTEN PLAYED A PROMINENT ROLE IN WORLD WARS 1 AND 2 WITH LOCAL MUSICIANS VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME FOR VETERANS AND SOLDIERS AT WAR.  WE MAY NOT REALIZE IT POWER OVER OUR MOOD, OR THE HAPPINESS IT CAN BRING.  OFTENTIMES, WHEN SUFFERING LOSS, WE CAN’T RELEASE OUR EMOTIONS OR CRY.  MUSIC IS TIED TO MEMORIES AND CERTAIN SONGS REMIND US OF SPECIFIC ONES, ESPECIALLY MEMORIES WE HOLD DEAR TO US.   SOMETIMES  IT IS A NECESSITY TO CRY. 

WANT TO GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT?  SO MANY CHRISTMAS SONGS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AND HOLD A  PART OF OUR HISTORY. MUSIC AFFECTS CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS, DIRECTLY AFFECTING OUR MOOD AND OURSELVES.  ARE YOU FEELING THE NEED TO CRY?  CRYING CAN ALSO BE THERAPEUTIC TO OUR SOUL WITH LOSS AND IS PART OF THE HEALING PROCESS.  WE RELEASE  EMOTION PENT UP IN OURSELVES THAT WE NEED TO RELEASE WHEN WE HAVE LOST SOMETHING EMOTIONALLY IMPORTANT TO US, AND LOSS IN A LOVED ONE.  FOR HUAN BEINGS, EMOTIONS NEED TO BE RELEASED AND FELT TO BEGIN TO HEAL AND THIS TAKES TIME. 

THOSE OF US WHO SUFFER WITH DEPRESSION CAN LISTEN TO AN UPBEAT SONG AND WE FIND OURSELVES FEELING BETTER EMOTIONALLY, BECAUSE CERTAIN TYPES OF MUSIC IS SHOWN TO IMPROVE OUR MOOD.  WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE  CONSCIOUS OF THIS DURING A DEPRESSION BUT CERTAIN TYPES OF MUSIC GENERATE A RELEASE OF SEROTONIN, WHEN LISTENING TO CERTAIN KINDS OF MUSIC.  SEROTONIN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE GOOOD MOOD CHEMICAL,  MAY BE INCREASED IN THE HUMAN BRAIN WHEN LISTENING TO MUSIC.  

MUSIC IS POWERFUL, CATHARTIC, AND THERAPEUTIC AND CURRENT STUDIES SHOW THAT MUSIC CAN PLAY A KEY ROLE WITH WRITING, MOODS, AND RELEASING PENT-UP EMOTIONS.  THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING ON MUSIC AND ITS POWERFUL BENEFITS WITH OUR MOODS.   RESEARCH TODAY, AND THE ABILITY TO “BRAIN MAPPING” SHOWN WITH AN qEEG, OR MRI SHOW THIS SCIENCE TO BE CUTTING EDGE AS WELL AS HISTORICAL.  THANK YOU AS ALWAYS, SAMANTHA

CONVERSATION “IS CONVERSATION REALLY AN ART?”

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CONVERSATION IS OUR DAILY WISDOM WORD TODAY.  BEFORE ANSWERING THE ABOVE QUESTION, LET US LOOK AT THE WEBSTER MEANING OF CONVERSATION AND DAILY WISDOM WORD DEFINITION.  

WEBSTER DEFINITION OF CONVERSATION-A TALK, ESPECIALLY AN INFORMAL ONE, BETWEEN TWO OR MORE PEOPLE IN WHICH NEWS AND IDEAS ARE EXCHANGED. 

DAILY WISDOM WORD DEFINITION-INTERACTION VERBALLY AND NONVERBALLY WITH OTHERS THAT ALLOWS US THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE. 

I THINK OF GREAT CONVERSATIONS I’VE HAD.  THESE CONVERSATIONS WERE OFTEN GREAT BECAUSE I TOOK AN INTEREST IN WHAT THEY WERE SHARING, AND THEY DID THE SAME.  YES, CONVERSATION IS A DEFINITE ART AND SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES EMOTIONAL INTELLECT.  CONVERSATION ALSO REQUIRES COURTESY, EMPATHY, HUMOR AT TIMES, AND GREAT INSTINCT TO KNOW WHEN AND HOW TO WORD SOMETHING TO ANOTHER PERSON OR GROUP OF PERSONS. 

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT WITH CONVERSATION TO USE MANNERS, INFLECTION IN ONE’S VOICE, AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS CERTAINLY DON’T HURT IF WE WISH TO HAVE INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER OR OTHERS.  CONVERSATION COMES NATURAL TO EXTROVERTED PERSONALITIES, BUT CAN BE MORE DIFFICULT WITH INTROVERTS.  HOWEVER, OFTEN INTROVERTS HAVE AN ADVANTAGE WITH CONVERSATION THEY OFTEN DON’T REALIZE. 

BECAUSE THEY ARE INTROVERTED, THEY OFTEN ARE GREAT LISTENERS.  PART OF THE “ART OF CONVERSATION IS HAVING GREAT LISTENING SKILLS.  ANOTHER TIP THAT WAS SHARED WITH ME YEARS AGO, IS TO PARAPHRASE TO THE OTHER PARTY IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM, WHAT THEY SAY IN A QUESTION FORMAT.  FOR EXAMPLE, A PERSON SHARES WITH YOU WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVING.  OFTEN, REPHRASING THIS IN QUESTION FORMAT, TO THE OTHER PARTY LETS THEM KNOW YOU CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THEY SHARED WITH YOU ABOUT THEIR JOB POSITION.  IT CAN REALLY MAKE CONVERSATION APPEALING WITH YOU TO THE OTHER PARTY. 

THIS METHOD CAN OFTEN BE USED WHEN SOMEONE IS AN INTROVERT AND FEELS THEY HAVE NOTHING OF VALUE THEY WISH TO SHARE.  INTROVERTS ALSO CAN USE THEIR SILENT NATURE TO BE GREAT LISTENERS. EXTROVERTS CAN MASTER THE ART OF CONVERSATION WHEN THEY SHARE SOMETHING WITH THE OTHER PERSON THAT SOMEHOW INVOLVES THE OTHER PARTY AS WELL AS THEMSELVES, ESTABLISHING COMMON GROUND.   THEY CAN ALSO PRACTICE USING THE PARAPHRASING TIP ABOVE AS IT HELPS THEM IN THEIR LISTENING ABILITY. 

EXTROVERTS ALWAYS HAVE MUCH TO SAY.  IT IS FINE IF THEY SHARE ALL THEY WANT TO BUT THEY ALSO SHOULD EXERCISE THESE SKILLS KEEPING IN MIND THEY SHOULD NOT TALK “AT” THE OTHER PARTY BUT “WITH” THEM. I REALLY HOPE THESE TIPS ABOUT CONVERSATIONS AND THE ART OF IT HAS HELPED YOU IN SOME WAY TODAY.  IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF YOU WISH TO SHARE A COMMENT WITH ME OR “JOIN THE DISCUSSION BELOW TO START A “WRITTEN CONVERSATION. I ALSO LOVE WHEN OTHERS SHARE QUOTES OR EVEN POETRY ABOUT CONVERSATION AND OTHER DAILY WISDOM WORDS.  THANK YOU FOR READING!!  Samantha

 

 

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DEATH HOW DO LOVED ONES COPE LEFT BEHIND?

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DEATH MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.  THERE ARE FEW WORDS THAT I HAVE EVER DEBATED WRITING ON, BUT DEATH WOULD BE ONE OF THEM.  I will start off with an acronym for death- (D)arkness (E)ternal  (A)fter  (T))ime  (H)alts.  This seems grim but I believe there is another step to this which allows us that allows our soul to be taken to Heaven and we return home to our maker.  My acronym for death is for the few minutes we share with the physical entity of one soul who is now headed home.  I think the hardest part about death is Why?  “Why did this person have to go?” 

It is hard for me to believe that the above analogy is it for us.  How did we get here?  Someone could explain science to me all day long, and never shake my feeling of the beauty of birth and the sadness shared in watching someone die.  I lost my sister at the end of June this past year.  It has had a grave effect on the lives left behind including mine.  Hope seems dim where it once was light inside me.  I. find myself sad a lot.  I had a naive belief that I would just heal and get past this, but Ladies and Gentlemen, I am here to share with you if you have lost someone close to you yet, you will understand my feelings better.  Sometimes Jenny’s death does not seem real.  I look at all the results her love she had in great abundance is not simple at all.  She left “ripples” in other’s lives which at the moment feel like huge holes. 

She left behind so many including me who loved her so.   I feel like it’s okay to be so sad about her loss as long as I am careful not to share it with others even closer to her.  She fed love to others through her music.  She made love happen in a family unit she created.  She was powerful and had the ability to change someone’s life for the better.  Not only could she be trusted, but she was also so passionate in all she said.  I doubt a “fake” word ever came out of her mouth.  She had amazing self-control.  She could hold out from doing the wrong thing for the overall good.  She was truly powerful.  “As they say, we get back two-fold what we give.  Jenny created spades. 

She was a lover of mermaids and the ocean and she was truly fierce.  Why Lord did I not see this so clearly while she was here?  I should have told her more often just how proud I was and how thankful I was to have her as my sister.  Her husband she married, was truly the love of her life.  These were her words, not mine.  How do we get used to speaking of her in the past tense?  When will the “is” become “was”, naturally?  The thing that happens when these individuals die, is what is called “the rippling effect”.  Our family life and her friends and husband will forever be changed from their interactions and moments shared with her.  She wasn’t afraid to live LIFE. She took the kind of chances that were known as high risk, high reward.  She had the bravery to do so while I played it safe. 

Her daughters (my nieces) are so beautiful and in each of them, you see some of her.  She made the time for what she needed to.  She made loyal and true friends and many of them.  I am lucky to find a few.  Family to her was her friends as her extended family.  Her actions told her story.  Her smile, so strained this past year from pain, lit up a room and her laugh made others do the same.  They say we idealize those who die.  Every word I have written here is the truth.  Today, call someone who lives out of state that is part of your family how much you “love them”.  I was even there when Jenny passed away, her beautiful blue eyes so full of life, slowly moved forward to another place.  I call it heaven and I believe she had an “all-access” pass to it.  

Samantha Leboeuf