Simplicity

Listening to this soundtrack always manages to set me at ease, regardless the source of tension. Lesson one: music is directly linked with the soul. Wanna feel good? Find a good song. Close your eyes. Open your ears. Release your mind.

Think I'm kidding?

"I regard music therapy as a tool of great power in many neurological diseases because of its unique capacity to organize or reorganize cerebral function when it has been damaged."
-Oliver Sacks, M.D.

"(Music therapy) can make the difference between withdrawal and awareness, between isolation and interaction, between chronic pain and comfort-between demoralization and dignity."
-Barbara Crowe, past president of the National Association for Music Therapy

"Simply put, music can heal people."
-Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev)

Believe me now? Thought so. Now, let's proceed:
The simplest things in life undoubtedly have the innate capability to produce immense amounts of blissful pleasure. For instance, I took pictures with Santa today. My best friend and I sat on his lap and everything, whole nine yards. We shared a Starbucks breakfast -only the best- and a Red Robin's dinner. The gap between was filled with hours of arts and crafts, family time, and a good movie. In the end, we had some impressive homemade Christmas gifts, hilarious inside jokes, and unforgetable memories.

The point?
The carefree euphoria of childhood is not lost with physical or moral development, but with unintentional and absent-minded omission. Sometimes, we need to revert back to simplicity. The small things that made us happy once upon a time -a beautiful day, beautiful people, and beautiful company- still surround us daily. When portals of happiness are everywhere you turn, the only thing keeping you from being happy is yourself.
Look around.

Unconditionally Yours,
Simply Jen

P.S. breathe. just, breate. now smile.
how does that feel?