Day 37, January 31

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding."

It's been a challenging and stressful week for Ed and me adjusting to things at home since his amputation. His pain is less, but he just overall doesn't feel real well.  Probably a lot of that is medications and just his overall weakness from such a traumatic surgery.

I've had trouble practicing mindfulness and focusing on myself. I was driving home and talking to my sister (I know - not good). At any rate, she told me to hang up, turn on the radio and be in the moment. I thought this was a good suggestion, because listening to music is a mindful living strategy that I have read about. Music therapy has proven effective in treating people, because classical, instrumental, soft jazz and slow-tempo songs can calm your nerves when you are under pressure, upset, anxious and/or angry. For music to help you, a person should "let the music consume you and allow yourself to experience the emotions that arise in you while you listen to the songs."

So, that is what I did. I turned on the radio. What a great suggestion. The song that was on the radio when I turned it on was "Jesus" by Chris Tomlin. There could not have been a more perfect song to lift my spirits. If you haven't heard it, here's a link to it on YouTube:

Jesus by Chris Tomlin