A Moment to Breathe ...
Published on January 13, 2015
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In what can sometimes be a juggling act, do you sometimes find that you aren't getting to the things that are priorities. Its all a balancing act to be sure, but something that many have found helpful is to tap into music.
I don't play an instrument. I sing!
But someday I want to learn the piano as it has been a passion of mine since the third grade when I was taking lessons from my school's music teacher and loved what I was learning. I would stay in the auditorium after my lesson and practice as we did not have a piano at home. And I would play and practice and be so engrossed in what I was learning and doing that time would escape me.
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And then, Mr. Lima Beans, the gentleman who was our school custodian (this was the only name this little 3rd grader knew him by), would come and tell me it was 5 o'clock and I needed to get home. How I loved that piano and how I loved the simple music I was listening to as it left my fingers into the keys and then came back to me as a melody. And how I hated that I had to go home when I wanted so much to stay and keep practicing, keep playing! In time the school told my parents that I couldn't practice there any more. I was walking home, a bit of a distance for a third grader by herself, and today I understand their concern, but then, back then I was crushed.
I have never lost my love for the piano.
I enjoy a certain pianist and composer whose music, when I listen to it, causes me to sigh deeply. I feel it almost as soon as the first bar has begun to cross my ears. I draw in a deep breath and find that as that breath is exhaled, calm sweeps across my face and my heart. A calm so profound that in an instant I am relaxed, really and truly. That always amazes me, and it happens each time I hear certain of his compositions and orchestral arrangements. The artist is Yanni.
Today I found another amazing musician. He is 17 years old and makes the viola sing. You may want to find one of his works to create that moment to clear your mind, change gears and heave a great big sigh of relief. Don't forget that you are truly wonderful and what you are going to create or ARE creating here in the Wealthy Affiliate community IS wonderful!
So is this lovely music from the strings of Jeremy Green. Enjoy this moment, a moment to breathe....or two moments if you care to indulge! "-)
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