Healing Music

For my 50th birthday, Su, Heiko and Jamil, (I am privileged to call them my good friends), gave me a CD of music compilation comprising No. 1 hits selected each year from 1962 (the year I was born) until 2012. It was two-and-a-half hour long, spanning from Sinatra to Bon Jovi to Bruno Mars. What a gift! Music, that mysterious combination of sounds and words, can put us in a state of sweet relaxation almost immediately. To think of the artistes who have written and produced such work, over the years for our enjoyment and the legions of fans who loved and bought the albums. And now, my friends who created this special gift, continuing with the labour of love. Thanks Su, Heiko and Jamil. I will treasure it forever.