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When I ask parents what they want for their children, I hear many things that range from a 'good' career to abstract notions of success but I rarely ever hear the word 'happiness'. Happiness is important because only when you are truly happy and satisfied yourself can you start focusing on other factors outside yourself. The definition of happiness then may be defined by external or internal factors. If your children observe kindness and feel happiness first hand, they will reach out to help and build a capacity for gratitude for their privileged existence and only then will the empathy begin to develop.
"Music makes me forget my real situation. It transports me into a state which is not my own. Under the influence of music I really seem to feel what I do not understand, to have powers which I cannot have." - Leo Tolstoy Music is a powerful change agent. People are always busy with a million racing thoughts about husbands, wives, deadlines, exams, the rains... but music has a stilling influence. It calms our thoughts down.
While we agree that it is so vital to retain inner peace and calm in our otherwise agitated lives, how many of us as parents and teachers try to consciously infuse music in the lives of our children? Music has held people in her sway since time immemorial. Music represents happiness and joy. Festivals and celebrations are always associated with music. Entertainment relies heavily on music.