MUSIC FOR THE SOUL

For centuries, music has been used as a complement in our lives. Music is magic, can change your mood; can transport you to another dimension. It doesn't matter what is your jam, if it's special for you, it will change your mood.

Some of you would probably remember when I shared how hard was for me to pick up my son from school on the first years. It was almost suicidal! I already knew I was going to receive a complaint from the teacher or form another parent. Every day I heard the same speech about what he hadn’t done, and how his behavior during class was.

And like a pattern, after hearing all the complaints, I was always visibly upset, talking to him, repeating over and over the same things: "Don't do this", 'Why you did that"... I knew better that he was disconnected from my conversation the minute after I started to speak. I was getting obviously more frustrated and with no more choices but to ground him. I even suffered from a wall chest pain a couple of times that sent me right to the E.R. due the high stress. 

I realized then, that I had to set a plan and include relaxation as a must in our routine. So I went to my app store and got some amazing wind music. I started to play that music on my car. I drove to the school paying attention to the tune, I let the music take me to another level, to another space, easing my worries and preparing me for the bullets I was going to receive.
That day, before leaving the car, I did my breathing, 1, 2, 3, 4… 4, 3, 2, 1… I Got off the car and waited. But that time was different, I was relaxed, I felt so well that I decided that nothing would change that. That day, I took the decision of not letting circumstances define who I am.

I have to admit that the complaints were fewer with the pass of the weeks, but certainly, having a better attitude helped me to connect easier with my son, who was actually starting to listen. He started to follow my advice, and modifying his behavior, just a lit bit at the time, but big enough for me to realize that my plan was working.