TAKE THE SONIC ROUTE
Many people today, I find, seem to think of their life as extremely dull. They long for a
time when they can have things and do things that will , they think, bring them happiness
beyond measure.
Do you have such feelings at times?
Much of our life is what we make it. You’ve heard that said and you believe it up to
a point. It is, no doubt true - quite true that we are, or become, what we think we want
to be or might be someday. We all work to such a goal in mind and one of the biggest
and most common mistakes, I think, is that, in so doing, we tend to eliminate other
people.
It is a gradual process and as we exclude others we achieve elements of loneliness
that come with selfishness and, in time, perhaps greed.
I read recently that research has been made which concludes that the first sound
a child ever “hears” is the steady, pom-pom of his or her mother’s heart beat. That’s why
in the weeks that follow birth the child readily responds to double-toned sounds such as
ma-ma, da-da and even nonsense sounds such as goo-goo.
It can be said that the truly happy life begins with attention to basics.
We are socially oriented groups. You like to be among happy people and others like
to be around you when you smile, and exchange banter and laugh freely and honestly at
the antics of others. Those sounds of cheerfulness with become treasures guiding you to
the possession of others like them or better. Learn to listen to other people when they talk
and do so wholeheartedly as they express themselves. There is , too, the sound of that
inner voice we all have - call it “conscious” or by any fancy name you like, knowing it to
be there regardless. We all have it - a sense of right or wrong, a sense of do-it or don’t-do-it
and when we think of such a quality in relation to our own conduct and yearnings for
happiness it become plain that we often find such success only as we do for others in an
almost motherly manner.
Just as the sound of the mother’s heart beat forms so much of the future of the
child, so - this hidden “sound” within each of us is always with us - most often unknown - to
bring us happiness and good cheer. When there is goodness in our lives we must share it
with others. In traveling through life, be good to yourself and others - take the sonic route.
A.L.M. Jul y 12, 2002 [c452wds]
