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Music, images and the written word … while being, inanimate, in themselves …

many a time, make up for the absence of the human presence,

the heart connect,  emotional bonding,  conversations,  sharing, understanding …

and in an inexplicable way, become a best friend, a soul mate, a co-witness, who is so needed …

they nurture our spirit … they offer  companionship to our heart, mind and soul …

they identify with and share our moods, emotions, feelings, dreams, thoughts and memories …

they make us smile, laugh and cry … they rejoice in our happy times … they see us through our lows

they walk with us in companionable silence …

they pull us up and push us forward, when it is needed

they speak to us … they give solace, and comfort the ache within … they help us to cope …

they validate who we are … they reinforce what we know and believe in …

they teach … they give us different perspectives … they show us a whole new world …

they make us look within and without … they make us think, re-consider … they help us to learn,

they take us to places we would love to go to …

they take us to a “happy somewhere” …

they make us nostalgic, with a poignant regret for times that did not happen … for a person or

people who were never part of our journey …

they make us dream … that by serendipity it might still yet be …

they mentally connect us to a person or people that we would like to know …

they make us think, “oh ! you too”, “me too”, “ditto” …

and though wistful, we are also grateful, for this one-way connect with a like-minded someone,

somewhere in the universe …

to know that there are others in the world, who think and feel the same way, about similar mundane

and significant things …

we end up smiling … because, in that moment, we are in a magical world …

and then get on with life,  striving to be happy, positive and strong …

this, is with gratitude, to the magic of  music, images and the written word …

 

Minnie loves music, reading and serene natural landscapes and other spaces that connect with her heart! In the past, she has written a little, mostly for her own eyes. But recently in her own words, ”I garnered enough confidence to attempt to share my writing, and I connected with Unboxed Writers.”