How Good Can Life Get?

Hi! So I just returned from Bangor, Maine where the wonderful Bangor Symphony under the helm of Maestro Lucas Richman, performed a Suite from Salem's Lot, arranged by the great William Ross from the score written by Nathan Barr and myself. It was gorgeous and we got a standing ovation and the orchestra played beautifully....

Before then, I was in Las Vegas launching a new project called The Reset Room with Mirette Seireg and Rachel Tenenbaum and it was awesome! I created a 30 minute soundtrack that was structured to lower anxiety and blood pressure and bring attendees into a meditative state, and , by the end, refreshed and ready to face whatever comes next...it was incredible and a huge success! and before that I was working on my musical with my wonderful team in Boston...more on that soon.

And the weird thing is that on the plane yesterday coming home, after all these amazing experiences, I found myself starting to fret over what I had to do next, what needed my attention, what I had to take care of, or feel bad about, or somehow punish myself for. ACK!!! Why do we do this??? So all day today when I've started to spin out, I've been putting myself back up on that stage in front of a standing ovation and allowing myself to just FEEL GOOD for a few minutes. I know all artists experience this syndrome, the "what's next ?I have to make it happen or I'll panic and die" syndrome. But most likely all of us, artists or not, experience this: " hm I feel good. That's weird. Let me see if I can think of something that makes me feel bad."

I feel like the world supports that kind of negative thinking rather than "I feel great and I'm going to stay that way for a while." I know it's hard with the current state of the world but it's so important for each of us to find moments in our days to allow calm, to allow happiness. Because the more people feel calm and happy, the better the world .

So think of something good, even if it's just your doggy's face (or kitty, or bunny, or, you get the picture) and just be in that good feeling for one minute, or two, then three, then four,  then all day??

Good luck!! I'll be trying the same experiment!

xo Lisbeth