Monkey Room

[00:00:00] The Dyer Streets may have been onto something with the line, he's banging on the bongos

[00:00:06] like a chimpanzee. Stay tuned!

[00:00:10] Hello and welcome to MoMo634, the Daily Podcast chock full of Faithful Inspiration

[00:00:20] and Motivation. MoMo634 Motivational Moments, just for today!

[00:00:44] Not long ago, I posted an episode that said Dyer-framatic breathing was a better solution

[00:00:50] for calming oneself than say, a rage room. And I believe that is true! Not only because

[00:00:57] it has the scientific studies attached to it but because diverting rage is better than

[00:01:03] giving into it. Bear with me for a moment as I digress and we'll get to the point of

[00:01:09] today's episode.

[00:01:11] From childhood I wanted to play drums. My mom said it wasn't ladylike and thus I was in

[00:01:19] ballet lessons for 11 years. As you know from the episodes on my origin story and a few

[00:01:28] that I've done on music there's something about drums that seems to knock those

[00:01:34] misfiring neurons back into line. I've always wanted a soundproof monkey room where I could

[00:01:41] go in and bang on drums for a while until all the brain chemicals were back in alignment.

[00:01:49] That's rebalancing, which is quite different from rage. Additionally the physicality of

[00:01:55] drumming helps with endorphin production.

[00:02:00] As I think about the music, I think it's a great experience to my great lament and the immense

[00:02:03] relief of those around me. I do not have a monkey room available to me. Thus the next best

[00:02:11] thing.

[00:02:12] As mentioned the big birthday is coming up this week. My husband is part of a large

[00:02:19] music community online and as is the custom birthday folks are either fetted with a playlist

[00:02:27] or set themselves with one of their choosing. As an honorary member by marriage I've

[00:02:33] called some cover songs from various periods in my many decades in the genre of the group.

[00:02:41] Many of these songs as has been noted in years past get downright drummy. Today as has

[00:02:50] been the case most days since the incident that shall not be named chronicled in a number

[00:02:56] of recent episodes. I've been cycling through moods trying to address the spiral before

[00:03:03] it goes farther downward clinically so I tested out the birthday playlist to check if

[00:03:08] the order sounded right to me. A few songs into it, I could feel the drums doing their

[00:03:15] thing on the brain.

[00:03:17] I'm so thankful for the music in my rainy day toolkit.

[00:03:23] For Samuel 1623 says, and whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul David would pick

[00:03:30] up his harp and play and Saul would become well and the spirit of distress would depart

[00:03:36] from him.

[00:03:38] Our meme for today says, preparation not desperation lead to restoration.

[00:03:46] What tools do you have in your toolkit for rainy days? Comment below.

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