The Music is All Around Us...

I haven't blogged in quite a while, and this one is short...but true...but figured I would post anyway.

“The music is all around us…all you have to do is listen.” – August Rush

Sometimes the noise all around drowns out the simple and sweet songs that make life so special.  That special friend who is always there to lift you up when you are feeling down, the child’s smile that brings a joy and warmth to your heart, or the simple thank you received when checking out at the grocery store. 

Many times the ‘noise’ of wars, threats of war, taxes, budget disputes, violence, turmoil (the list goes on and on) is so loud that we forget to listen to the beautiful music around us every day.  Honestly, even I have had a lot of difficulty with that as of late.  When things aren’t going the way I would like to see things go, I really lose focus on the small miracles that happen every day and tend to only see the negative and bad.  I lay here in bed thinking that I need to really find that focus again.  Just because we lose something special does not mean that we have to give up on everything else. 

It is like with death.  When someone you love dies, it is so hard to focus on anything positive and good.  You see the ill effects it has on the people who loved that person and are hurting and begin to focus on that as well.  With relationships it is often the same, whether personal or professional…love or just life.  Losing anything is always hard.  Time heals the loss.  The most difficult part, as humans, is that we often tend to allow ourselves to lose the moderation that is necessary to heal.  We become depressed and downtrodden.  We lose focus on the great and good things and only see the rest. 

Coming from the funeral home, I know this to be true.  You can tell anyone that time will heal and that someday they will be able to move on.  However, those are just words, heartfelt, but just words.  We all must take our time to heal.  We just have to remember to look forward, find the good and recognize it, and through those recognitions…we will be able to heal.

So, even when the dark seems like it is taking over and the negative thoughts are so loud that they seem to pierce your every fiber…remember, “The music is all around us…all you have to do is listen.”

Peace