Discernment

On a personal note, I feel everytime when I enter a crowded place, where there are many different people and many different voices heard, one of the best method is to focus on your own task and responsibilities is to discern the voices. Most of the time, the voices heard are not directed at you, for the strangers do not know you, and they are only talking to people they know. Well, when a person discern, a person will not take things personally, for other people's own issues does not concern you, therefore, one can live in peace. Some of the time, the meaning the stranger try to convey to a friend may have a different meaning context to you, and to me, a person may as well recollect his or her thoughts and carry on life as usual than listen to people whose voices have meaning not intended to you. Strangers may speak about good things, though a person easily understands their praises is not intended towards you. This is indeed an advice for introvert who sometimes pays attention to the voices for stimuli to the self, while an extrovert naturally discern that the voices is meant to someone else and understand the environmental picture.

On a different note, I learnt a new song from my guitar teacher, named "Close to You", by the Carpenters. This song has the nostalgic feel of being close to one's father, and therefore, I feel I want to play this song for my father one day. Performancing for others is indeed a joy and an accomplishment compared to performancing for oneself, which to me, is more of positive construction and personal healing and peace.