Christmas Music Reflections
Christmas Music Din Does the din of Christmas Music,Carols and Jingle Bells in public places create a pressure wave that threatens to engulf you and make you feel as if you'll explode? Beating a hasty retreat is often the only answer! Just get away from that noise! Instead, just imagine opening a secret door and the gentle fragrant honeyed sound of New Christmas Carol music floats through and over you, creating quiet, calm tranquillity in your spirit.
Time for Reflection Spirit renewal.
So much needed today.
Time for reflection.
Creating the atmosphere for peace helps to heal and soothe.
MUSIC can M ake U S I C Or MUSIC can M ake US atisfied, I nspired, C omforted.
Music bypasses the thinking processes of the brain and causes automatic emotional responses.
We don't have a choice in how we respond emotionally to the music.
We respond with the default emotion set by the composers and performers.
But we can choose the type of music that saturates our atmosphere.
Time for reflection.
Opening Doors.
I was lying awake in India just before Christmas 2007, shivering not from cold, but from eerie music composed by the strange night noises and jackals as they howled mournfully outside our secure walls.
The spine tingling sounds merged with pictures etched permanently in my mind of many blind children at the orphanage we were visiting.
No matter that they couldn't see because sensitive fingers searched out the bumps and hollows and "saw" the Braille writing.
Writing that opens doors of opportunity.
Doors that opened wide to vistas almost beyond their comprehension.
In the blackness that night our young son whispered, "It's a bit scary isn't it?" His sensitive hands running over my goose bumps! And we sensed the opening of doors as yet beyond our comprehension.
Back in Australia we allowed the memories to smoulder.
It seemed too distressing to let the fires flare.
A New Idea - A Christmas Music Gift But when Christmas Music started sounding in our ears in 2008, we had an idea.
An idea that quickly ignited our passions and burst into action.
"Yes, got it.
Hmmmm, so our 10 year old boy has a gift.
A Musical gift.
Why not prepare a Christmas Music Gift?" Our ideas flew back and forth as we boarded the plane to fly to the Gold Coast to record his album - his Christmas Music Gift that would help open new doors for his young blind Indian friends.
His First Album And now it's been done.
Produced.
Professionally.
His very first album.
Peaceful, melodious Cello Christmas Music played with the sweet innocence and beauty of a gifted child.
And now it is making a difference in the daily lives of precious needy blind children.
Valuable Lessons - Effort and Residual Income Our young entrepreneur has learned some valuable lessons through the process of turning an idea into reality and then into money and then into making a tangible real difference for blind kids.
Busking with his mellow toned golden cello as people hurried by searching for the perfect Christmas gifts, gave many passers by an opportunity to give and to receive.
To give money and to receive the priceless gift of a little space of innocence and tranquillity.
A few moments of calm in the midst of the rush and bustle of hectic Christmas shoppers.
And this taught him more priceless lessons.
Time for Reflection Spirit renewal.
So much needed today.
Time for reflection.
Creating the atmosphere for peace helps to heal and soothe.
MUSIC can M ake U S I C Or MUSIC can M ake US atisfied, I nspired, C omforted.
Music bypasses the thinking processes of the brain and causes automatic emotional responses.
We don't have a choice in how we respond emotionally to the music.
We respond with the default emotion set by the composers and performers.
But we can choose the type of music that saturates our atmosphere.
Time for reflection.
Opening Doors.
I was lying awake in India just before Christmas 2007, shivering not from cold, but from eerie music composed by the strange night noises and jackals as they howled mournfully outside our secure walls.
The spine tingling sounds merged with pictures etched permanently in my mind of many blind children at the orphanage we were visiting.
- We "saw" their needs.
- They "saw" darkness,but surprised us with their clear hopeful vision of new life.
With food, shelter, loving care and education. - We saw the skill of even the young ones writing Brailleas fast as their hands could go - on newspaper!
No matter that they couldn't see because sensitive fingers searched out the bumps and hollows and "saw" the Braille writing.
Writing that opens doors of opportunity.
Doors that opened wide to vistas almost beyond their comprehension.
In the blackness that night our young son whispered, "It's a bit scary isn't it?" His sensitive hands running over my goose bumps! And we sensed the opening of doors as yet beyond our comprehension.
Back in Australia we allowed the memories to smoulder.
It seemed too distressing to let the fires flare.
A New Idea - A Christmas Music Gift But when Christmas Music started sounding in our ears in 2008, we had an idea.
An idea that quickly ignited our passions and burst into action.
"Yes, got it.
Hmmmm, so our 10 year old boy has a gift.
A Musical gift.
Why not prepare a Christmas Music Gift?" Our ideas flew back and forth as we boarded the plane to fly to the Gold Coast to record his album - his Christmas Music Gift that would help open new doors for his young blind Indian friends.
His First Album And now it's been done.
Produced.
Professionally.
His very first album.
Peaceful, melodious Cello Christmas Music played with the sweet innocence and beauty of a gifted child.
And now it is making a difference in the daily lives of precious needy blind children.
Valuable Lessons - Effort and Residual Income Our young entrepreneur has learned some valuable lessons through the process of turning an idea into reality and then into money and then into making a tangible real difference for blind kids.
- He learned that in order to make money one needs to have something valuable to market.
- He learned that it takes lots of hard work and determination to finish a job once started.
Practicing even when he didn't feel like it.
Patiently enduring endless repeats as the cameraman wanted yet one more run through to get shots at just the right angle.
- He learned that once he stepped out from under the lights and his part of the job was done.
Forever done.
And once the sound studio man and cameraman had done their jobs, it was completely done.
- He learned that every single year after he would be able to market that very same product - his Christmas Music Gift for those kids, without any further effort! Providing true residual income.
Busking with his mellow toned golden cello as people hurried by searching for the perfect Christmas gifts, gave many passers by an opportunity to give and to receive.
To give money and to receive the priceless gift of a little space of innocence and tranquillity.
A few moments of calm in the midst of the rush and bustle of hectic Christmas shoppers.
And this taught him more priceless lessons.
- That trading time for money is a good thing.
But not the best thing.
Because when time and energy runs out, so does the money! He couldn't play endlessly! - He learned by experience one effective key to doing things of significance in this world.
Develop income that pays over and over for work done well once! True residual income. - That music is a tool that when effectively sharpened, blesses others.
