Music for the New Year

As I carry with my on my search through life it is music that lifts me and helps me along the way.  As I walk toward the exercise arena each morning the tunes flow from and through my mind, following the constant motion and beat of my footsteps.  Music is consolation - yes, and inspiration that moves me forward.

The Kingdom is one of Music,

Meaning for minds melded with those

Able to share the sphere of nature

And being. I live in a world

Real with reason as the fuel

For the spirit of man.

(James Henderson, from The Kingdom of Music, 1992)