My Hobby Essay

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MY HOBBY Western Governors University Almost everybody has some kind of hobby. Hobby is something which we enjoy doing and fills our leisure time. “An idle mind is a devil’s workshop”. Hobbies are very useful in many ways. They widen the knowledge, relax the mind and give an opportunity to develop one’s various aspects of personality. Listening music is my hobby. From my childhood I am very fond of music. It benefits me in a lot of ways. When I was a child, when I get tired of studying, I used to enjoy my favorite rhymes and classical songs. That used to refresh my mind and gave energy to study more. Now a days, my work as a nurse, makes me monotonous. When I listen any one of my favorite songs I get a break from all my stress. It diverts my attention side by side with work, recreate me and make a pleasant mood in me. Music clams me, improves my mood and makes me better about myself. I love to enjoy classical music and it is one of the great loves of my life. I have a good collection of classical music sung by john Adams, Michale Torke, Philip Glass, Dr.K.J. Yesudas, Ravi Shankar and A.R. Rehman. The song “ Hallelujah Junction”, of John Adams takes me to another world of happiness. I forget everything. It seems to infuse strength into me and ideas into my brain. The song “Ksheera Sagara” by K.J. Yesudas clams my nerves down and fill spiritual emotions. As the writer George Eliot told, “I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music”. “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy, it is the wine of a new procreation, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for men and makes them drunk with the spirit” (Ludwing van Beethoven, 1934). Beethoven’s words are very much true for me. Music fills me with glorious spirit. Everybody chooses a hobby according to their taste. I think my hobby is very much
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