Hymns

I listen to music all the time. I listen to it while I'm getting ready, walking to school, sitting around at home, driving, and even while doing homework or eating. You know, it's kind of ironic. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about how obsessive I was about listening to my iPod, and how I couldn't seem to escape the thrill of using it as an escape tactic. Well, my iPod broke last week. I have learned to live a little bit more without music.

That doesn't make it easier. This semester, I'm taking an organ class. Every week I have to go to the organ lab and read through lessons on the computer in addition to my practice. I usually end up in the organ lab for 1-2 hours. It's really hard for me to sit for this long, so I usually get really restless. The worst is when I'm just sitting and reading the lesson- there's no background music and I just start to go crazy. The other day I discovered the coolest thing: the electronic organs have hymns on them that you can set to autoplay!

Ever since that discovery, I have been listening to hymns while I do my reading assignments. It has made such a difference in my concentration and the way I feel! The hymns are amazing, as soon as they start to play on that organ I feel myself instantly calm down, feel the Spirit, and feel able to concentrate. I love it!

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