Purpose
"One man's music is another man's noise." True, but it also depends a lot on how your mind has been prepared to interpret the sounds -- and we do seem to have some degree of control over this self-programming.
This bulletin suggests a way to turn annoying noise (i.e. child-noise) into beautiful music (the music of life), by merely clicking the internal switch on our mental control panels.
No need letting a public outing be spoiled by annoyance with inevitable child-noise, where "music" is to be found, by means of a minor mental-shift -- or improperly increasing parental angst with demonstrations of said annoyance.
One Way of Looking at the Thing
As long as the volume doesn't move the decibel-meter into the "red zone," I am more than fine with the sound of small children loudly learning how to communicate their feelings in public. In fact, I love it. For, long ago, I thought this through and am totally content.
To me, it's a magnificent and ESSENTIAL part of the "music of life" -- filled with great meaning and surprising intricacy and awesome beauty.
So, in my view, parents should not be unduly alarmed at being at the center of a disturbance.
It's just part of their duties and challenges -- and part of the vital price we should ALL gladly pay to replenish the species properly.
Child-noise is just life being life.
And it's far better than urgent cries from bitterest want, which still trouble our world -- for the time being, only.
HERE'S TO GIVING PARENTS AN EVEN BREAK
-- easing back on unnecessary pressures --
AS THEY STRUGGLE TO ACCOMPLISH
ONE OF SOCIETY'S MOST VITAL MISSIONS FOR US
David Nelson
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