Posts in Living and life issues
Art of Conversation and Music

This post explores the art of introduction and its importance in a group setting. Then this leads to a discussion of the art of conversation as it relates to music using Nocturne in E flat major by Chopin and Impromptu in A flat major op 90 by Schubert as examples. This method then provides the listener with a familiar yet personal process in which to engage in classical music.

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Fireworks: Our needs and its connection to Music.

Why are we fascinated by fireworks?  What is its connection to our emotions and Music?  You may be surprised with the findings.  This post explores 9 possible reasons for humanity’s fascination and its effect on our physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.

Then, we explore how these reasons interconnect with Music with a number of music examples for your listening and enjoyment related to fireworks.

Knowing the benefits of fireworks to our overall health and well being may provide an extra bonus next time you are watching fireworks display.  Click to read this fascinating post.

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New Year Resolutions and goal setting.

Having New Year resolutions are worthwhile because:

1.    it gives us an opportunity to review our lives at the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, financial, educational levels.  

2.    it gives insight into what is working well and what needs to change.

3.    it provides hope that things can change.

4.    Hope then can provide motivation and desire to achieve. 

However New Year resolutions will remain just that unless we set ourselves up for success by correctly setting our goals.

Why not set one or 2 resolutions for your life.  Work on them each day for 365 days inching forward each day with some step towards the goal. If every person in the world, set one resolution for the year, worked on it sincerely and achieved it, imagine how much better the world could be.

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New Year Resolutions and Limbic Lag

As we lead up to New Year's Eve, many people take some time to make new Year resolutions.  Some make impossible resolutions only to be disappointed with themselves for not keeping it, whilst others make resolutions knowing that they won’t keep it. So, let's think about making a resolution- it is a resolve to change something. It means that we can identify at least one thing in our lives that we want to change.

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