Welcome to the Happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. If you don't mind, take a second and just think about

your favorite piece of music. I know it probably changes over our lifetime, but think about a

piece of music that you really enjoy.

I don't know about you, but sometimes when I discover a new piece of music that I really enjoy,

I'll listen to it over and over again. With time, I do get used to it, and it's not quite as

thrilling, but those first few times are like, oh my goodness, I feel like I'm in heaven.

A beautiful piece of music can just bring up so much intensity, wonder, excitement. It can truly be

awesome. I remember the first time I really discovered how moving music could be was during one Christmas when I was in my

early teens and my family went to visit my father's brother in Ohio for Christmas. I don't remember

anything about this girl that I met while we were there and I think it was a very brief encounter

like I may have just said hi to her, but one of the presents I got was some music that I could listen to on the way home.

And there was this one song that just moved my heart.

It made me think of her, who I barely knew.

And at the same time, it just made my drive home magical because it was such a beautiful moving song

and I listened to it over and over and over again. There's a dear friend of mine who grew up in a

musical family where her parents were on the road singing music as she was growing up. Her husband, who she dearly

loved, was also into music, so the two of them got to meet so many different musicians over the years.

And now that her husband has passed, she goes on these beautiful, musical cruises where bands show up and play all day long.

And in many ways, it's her musical heaven.

So if you've had experiences like myself or my friend where music moves you, I want to ask you a very important question.

When you really like a song and you just

love it, are you waiting and perhaps even anxious for the song to end so it will be over? Or do you

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