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CANCER? ILLNESS? NEED SLEEP OR MEDITATION? Imagine a world without music. Movies would boring. There would be no emotion while watching the hero save the damsel in distress. There would be an emptiness in the world and everything quiet around you. Think about where you are and notice the sounds around you and how music fulfills a need. The need for inspiration, compassion, it triggers memories long ago. One of the most powerful senses in the world is the way we hear music and the emotional effects it has on us. Each one of us hears music quite differently too, I might add. The same song means different things to different people. Even God requests that we praise Him with song and music. Have you ever noticed when driving down the highway, you have your favorite songs playing on the car radio, you become somewhat entranced and lose track of time. You really can't remember what was outside your window as you drove down the road. Your thoughts were elsewhere feeling or thinking about the music. Your concentration on your driving just isn't there. Imagine people with cancer. Where is their mind? Most of the time it's on their cancer or whatever illness that has inflicted them. Cancer patients think about their illness 24 hours a day. I know because I was one of them. I was diagnosed with colon rectal cancer, stage 3, in 2005. I fought it for two years and won the battle. I'm still here. I'm still here because of God, wonderful doctors and the abilities God gave them to take care of me, and because I could take my mind off of cancer and keep a positive attitude through music. Again, God gave me the ability to be a musician and make music to be enjoyed by everyone. Especially cancer patients.
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