Listen for the Joy

I once told a sweet centenarian (a person who has reached the age of 100 years) at the nursing home where I worked that her hair looked pretty. She replied to me, "Thank you, it's old." I had to laugh!From that moment on, I started paying more attention to verbalizations and those sweet moments of "joy" that I caught a glimpse of every single day.This book is a compilation of many moments that caused me to smile. In my work as a music therapist and activity director in geriatrics, I found out that all one had to do was just listen and love. The joy was there.A physician once said, "The best medicine for humans is love."Someone asked, "What if it doesn't work?"He smiled and said, "Increase the dose."

-- Elizabeth G. Myers