Music tales

Music is a wonderful tool! Today I am experimenting with writing this post with earplugs in my ears, listening to a beautiful song. Some friends recently recorded this beautiful number and the DB have now been replaced to create a more soothing aura in the home. I have this song playing loud throughout but plugged my earplugs (in hiding) now as I needed a few minutes away from the crazy-ness of a baby-toddler.

I am also glad to see that both my kids are showing interest in good music and are my little “kan-sens” (someone with an ear for good music). In the past few months, we have been using music effectively in our household to introduce a variety of sounds and notes to my boys. Of course, learning will follow, however, learning will be more fun if they enjoy what they are listening to.

Talking about that- in the last two weeks while listening to DB, I felt calm. Strangely to a sound that is meant to get one up and moving, I just couldn’t move. However, listening to this particular beautiful note today morning, I slipped on my shoes and decided to walk by the lake-side. When the beat doubled, so did my steps and when the classical part would come, I would catch a breath.

The cloudy early morning sky, the calmness of the lake, the incessant chirping of the birds and the soulful voice- all combined in a beautiful combination set the tone for the day. And also set a determination for me to walk everyday. Often, we as caregivers give our whole soul to our purpose but get depleted somewhere, unknowingly, in the process. So today, in the middle of this calmness, I set a small resolution for myself – to take that twenty minutes everyday for myself. To re-charge, to breathe, to create mental notes, or to do nothing.

The sky may not be calming cloudy tomorrow, and the Texas heat may come in full force, but tomorrow I am determined to play my song in my earplugs and my heart, and keep up the spring in my steps.