MUSIC - THE HEALER OF MALADIES

This is one thing I tried out last week when I was down with fever. closed my room and listened to the theme song of forrest gump - "Turn,turn" by Byrds. The music seemed to be more comforting than the cool air from the A/C.Note the point that it is necessary to use an A/C in chennai even though you are down with fever otherwise you would feel like sitting right in the middle of a hot stove. I felt a lil better than before. To continue feeling better, I played the next track called "I remember" by Madonna. The feeling of goodness increased rapidly and I found my weariness creeping away. Encouraged I switched to tamil songs. I started with Illayaraja's "How to name it". It was awesome. I followed it with AR Rahman in his classic Roja. The music and the lyrics were infectious and I found myself humming loudly with the music. Believe it or not...the music worked better than the amoxycillin that was in my system. I was feeling energetic and better. I am sorry that I dont understand classical music otherwise I have heard that it works wonders and brigs you alive. To each his own. Heres what I would suggest when you are down. Take your walkman/ipods and go to bed. At the end of your rest you would come energised and relaxed.