Thank you for always being there when I need you. When all else is not available to give me a listening shoulder, you come in handy.
Thanks for always clearing my head ... making me relax ... healing my heart ... soothing my soul ... and lifting my spirit.
As always,
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No one can deny what music can do to anybody. It gives joy and happiness and it colors the dreary and dull state we are in. The once boring and drab life becomes more exciting when music is incorporated.
Music relieves stress and how often have you heard somebody saying it is one way of releasing pent-up feelings and expressing emotions, especially those left unspoken and unexpressed. It serves as a Cool Aid ... a refreshment to the mind and soul that washes away painful leftovers and residues of torn relationships.
Music lightens up our lives. They massage tired souls and lift up our moods and become cheerful.
That easy? True ... music lifts our emotions, but before accomplishing its intended goal, it must undergo these processes. First music stirs your psychological insides, it will revisit your past that you don't want to remember, reignite the conflicts and the wounds that are almost healing, and challenge the demons that you need to wrestle with and the fears that were once buried ... and now resurrected.
Music can penetrate the deep abyss of the human mind and has the power to release the tortured soul out of prison. I saw once a disturbed client ... she was listening to a Whitney Houston classic. I was lip-reading her mouth and I thought she was singing ... as if she could relate to the song. She was savoring the lyrics of the song ... and later her eyes welled up pregnant with tears ... and before the song ended she was on top of her voice telling everybody she is FREE from bondage.
Many of us didn't realize the value of music but have you ever asked yourself how music therapy aided people in medical hospitals, treatment centers, psychiatric hospitals, schools, community mental health centers, drug & alcohol programs, senior centers, nursing homes, hospice programs, and correctional facilities?
Most people in these facilities felt like they had been "jailed for life" and music became their emotional and psychological crutch to survive pain, boredom, solitude, madness, and hopelessness.
Another group of people who can benefit from music therapy are depressed patients. Depression is a common problem that causes changes in mood and loss of interest and pleasure. Other subgroups are older adults to lessen the debilitating effects of dementia, surgical patients to reduce the gnawing effects of pain, autistic children to improve their communication skills, and orthopedic patients to improve their motor functions.
Listening to music positively impacts our health and helps us recover fast when we are in the depths of nagging thoughts. Motivational music can help to improve mood by releasing dopamine neurotransmitters associated with pleasure and reward ... and reducing cortisol hormones associated with stress.
And before I forget this point ... let me emphasize this. Music provides good company. I can be alone ... and I don't complain about loved ones not showing up. As long as I have good music ... I'M GOOD!
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