Exploring Music and Mindset
Inhale joy The sweet sound of laughter The love that only a smile can spark The warmth of an embrace The pleasure of contentment with what's before you Inhale the here and now Expanding and contracting with the flow of goodness, Of beauty in all things Large and small, strong and weak, old and new Inhale the peace of being Of presence, of pure awareness Awakened each moment by a blade of grass A drifting cloud An outstretched hill
Scenes drifting by
Of cows in fields, red brick houses
Graffiti walls and churches
River canals and patches of trees
Railroad tracks etched
Into the ground
Gliding from city to city
Thoughts drift off with the changing landscape
I soak in the scenery
An observer of people
Going about their days
Reflecting on my own
Before I reach our next destination
Words flowed like music
Articulated in melodic cadences
Rhythmic and buoyant
Consonants and vowels
Rising in a crescendo
Then falling to a whisper
Hanging onto each word
Musical hooks of crafted speech
Catching ears with delight
A symphony of poetry
The language of harmony
Creating a bridge for sound and meaning
Our vision grows with the places we visit, imprinting experiences on our memories like postcards to our future selves
Our minds expand with each new idea we contemplate, opening dimensions of thought like windows to a new worldview
Our hearts awaken with relationships formed, and soften with loved ones lost, dispelling the illusion of permanence; teaching us to savor each moment
Our dreams flow ever onward, like rivers rushing to the ocean, as we learn to live in the wonder of life’s endless streams.