The Gift Of Music
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moongoddess3Hello to all who read this thing.
i recieved something in my e-mail this morning that i thaught i might like to share with you all. After reading it I realized that it made lots of sens and fit me perfectly. I'll explain why down further after the excerpt. I have placed it behind a cut sense i now know how to do it.
The Gift Of Music
"Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
Time can break your heart, have you begging please.
Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure,
And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven."
These lyrics were penned in response to tragedy, when guitarist Eric Clapton's son, Conor, fell
to his death from a New York high-rise window. The music helped him heal.
In 1994, the city of Sarajevo was daily under siege. Mortars and artillery fire in¬stantly
transformed once beautiful buildings into rubble. Sarajevo's citizens were frightened, weary and
increasingly despondent. Then, one February day, a mortar shell exploded in the market, killing
68 civilians. Many more were wounded and maimed from the blast.
A cellist with the Sarajevo symphony could no longer stand the chaos. He took his cello to the
market, sat down amidst the rubble and played a concert. When he finished, he simply took up his
instrument and left.
Every day, for 67 days, he came to the market. Every day he played a concert. It was his gift to
the city. He did it because he felt his community must find a way to survive, and music can bring
hope.
Music is a great gift. When I need to start my day in the right frame of mind, sometimes I'll
sing. Music aligns my thoughts and emotions; my mind and spirit. When I awake in the middle of
the night, I go back to sleep best if I sing in my head. Music calms and centers. When I find
myself experiencing a moment of happiness, I'll sometimes sing out loud. (It works best when
others are not present.) Music expresses joy like nothing else can.
One of the greatest cellists of all time was Pablo Casals. He exiled himself from his native
Spain during the regime of Francisco Franco and became a world citizen and a great humanitarian.
Casals passionately desired that the world exist in peace and harmony. He said once that if all
the orchestras in the world were to play Beethoven's 9th Symphony simultaneously, then peace
would come to the world.
I wonder if that is true. But if not peace, then perhaps joy might come. Or hope.
Or healing.
It's the gift of music.
Steve Goodier
Music has always and will forever be a way of expressing myself. From covering different songs
that give words to my emotions or writing my own song lyrics to express my feelings and then
singing them gives me a sense of right in a world that is so wrong. Music has always braught me a sense of peace, joy and happiness. I have no idea how I'd cope if I were never able to have music in my life. I'm thankful everyday for the gift of music and the gift I was granted to be able to sing. I have never thaught I was any good at it personally but somehow, some way, it seems to bring joy to others and for that I will keep doing so. Someone once said, "Music is my escape from this tortuous reality I call life." This is definitely true for me. When times get tough and I don't think I can go on, I turn to music, it's very therapudic.
Ok, enough about my feelings about music. I could go on and on but I won't for your sanity. *smiles*
Today I'm sitting at home doing absolutely nothing. I had the day off work so here I am. I do believe I'm going to go and find lunch though, I'm starving! After lunch, it's off to do my show on Mojo Radio and then laundry. Tomorrow's another work day. At least it's supposed to be a lot cooler, no more 102 degree days, at least not for a while I hope. Hehehehe.
For now all, good bye and have a great rest of your day.
<3<3<3Love to all<3<3<3
Lily Isabella
This entry was originally posted at The Life and Times of Lily Snape. Please leave comments there.
i recieved something in my e-mail this morning that i thaught i might like to share with you all. After reading it I realized that it made lots of sens and fit me perfectly. I'll explain why down further after the excerpt. I have placed it behind a cut sense i now know how to do it.
The Gift Of Music
"Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
Time can break your heart, have you begging please.
Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure,
And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven."
These lyrics were penned in response to tragedy, when guitarist Eric Clapton's son, Conor, fell
to his death from a New York high-rise window. The music helped him heal.
In 1994, the city of Sarajevo was daily under siege. Mortars and artillery fire in¬stantly
transformed once beautiful buildings into rubble. Sarajevo's citizens were frightened, weary and
increasingly despondent. Then, one February day, a mortar shell exploded in the market, killing
68 civilians. Many more were wounded and maimed from the blast.
A cellist with the Sarajevo symphony could no longer stand the chaos. He took his cello to the
market, sat down amidst the rubble and played a concert. When he finished, he simply took up his
instrument and left.
Every day, for 67 days, he came to the market. Every day he played a concert. It was his gift to
the city. He did it because he felt his community must find a way to survive, and music can bring
hope.
Music is a great gift. When I need to start my day in the right frame of mind, sometimes I'll
sing. Music aligns my thoughts and emotions; my mind and spirit. When I awake in the middle of
the night, I go back to sleep best if I sing in my head. Music calms and centers. When I find
myself experiencing a moment of happiness, I'll sometimes sing out loud. (It works best when
others are not present.) Music expresses joy like nothing else can.
One of the greatest cellists of all time was Pablo Casals. He exiled himself from his native
Spain during the regime of Francisco Franco and became a world citizen and a great humanitarian.
Casals passionately desired that the world exist in peace and harmony. He said once that if all
the orchestras in the world were to play Beethoven's 9th Symphony simultaneously, then peace
would come to the world.
I wonder if that is true. But if not peace, then perhaps joy might come. Or hope.
Or healing.
It's the gift of music.
Steve Goodier
Music has always and will forever be a way of expressing myself. From covering different songs
that give words to my emotions or writing my own song lyrics to express my feelings and then
singing them gives me a sense of right in a world that is so wrong. Music has always braught me a sense of peace, joy and happiness. I have no idea how I'd cope if I were never able to have music in my life. I'm thankful everyday for the gift of music and the gift I was granted to be able to sing. I have never thaught I was any good at it personally but somehow, some way, it seems to bring joy to others and for that I will keep doing so. Someone once said, "Music is my escape from this tortuous reality I call life." This is definitely true for me. When times get tough and I don't think I can go on, I turn to music, it's very therapudic.
Ok, enough about my feelings about music. I could go on and on but I won't for your sanity. *smiles*
Today I'm sitting at home doing absolutely nothing. I had the day off work so here I am. I do believe I'm going to go and find lunch though, I'm starving! After lunch, it's off to do my show on Mojo Radio and then laundry. Tomorrow's another work day. At least it's supposed to be a lot cooler, no more 102 degree days, at least not for a while I hope. Hehehehe.
For now all, good bye and have a great rest of your day.
<3<3<3Love to all<3<3<3
Lily Isabella
This entry was originally posted at The Life and Times of Lily Snape. Please leave comments there.
