Everyone has their fun bits, and I think one of mine is how deeply I
love to dance. Not the slow not-really-committed kind of way, but the
energetic-jumping-around-enthusiastic “one with the music” kind of
dancing. Although I don’t have much formalized training, dancing
brings joy to my heart and happiness to my life.
Music has always been an important element to my life and mood. Once I started putting formalized dance routines to music, it actually changed the way I listened to the songs. As many already realize, I discovered the endless ways one song could be restructured and altered. While the basic song remains the same, often subtle differences can make an enormous impact on how much I enjoy the song. It’s challenging to apply this lesson to living every day. Often it is easy to listen to other people or to what we feel the Divine is messaging our way and conclude that we already know the expected message. Are we truly listening, or are we deciding that the message, like the songs, will always be the same?
Seth Horowitz says, “The richness of life doesn’t lie in the loudness and the beat, but in the timbres and variation that you can discover if you simply pay attention.” For this Lenten season, try to listen and tune in with a refreshed focus and an open heart and mind.
Karen Bachman
Music has always been an important element to my life and mood. Once I started putting formalized dance routines to music, it actually changed the way I listened to the songs. As many already realize, I discovered the endless ways one song could be restructured and altered. While the basic song remains the same, often subtle differences can make an enormous impact on how much I enjoy the song. It’s challenging to apply this lesson to living every day. Often it is easy to listen to other people or to what we feel the Divine is messaging our way and conclude that we already know the expected message. Are we truly listening, or are we deciding that the message, like the songs, will always be the same?
Seth Horowitz says, “The richness of life doesn’t lie in the loudness and the beat, but in the timbres and variation that you can discover if you simply pay attention.” For this Lenten season, try to listen and tune in with a refreshed focus and an open heart and mind.
Karen Bachman
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