Instead, after years of deflecting criticism and judgment in favor of ego puffing, serial infidelities and soothing, mind-addling chemical baths, they finally hit the wall of recognition when it is too late — their girl is gone for good, their son eyes them with intractable pity, they are about to be beaten to death and tossed in a lake.
In this theme, many of the pivotal songs of the 60s and 70s, including many songs with strong political and social messages, have been co-opted to serve as consumer-soothing, mind-numbing music in grocery stores and malls.
Mood altered, anxiety soothed, mind hushed?
"If you don't like my leadership, you can go to hell," he factory-whistled, after ducking the dummies thrown his way from whining journos left out of a media briefing and critical of him bringing in his own Dr Melfi to soothe frazzled minds.
We learned by running the soil through our fingers whether or not it would sprout seed, and we learned by the taste of an herb's leaf whether it would quiet our hearts and soothe our minds.
If you don't mind music, put on soothing music, to soothe your mind.
Natalie Merchant sang that she goes to the river to soothe her mind.
There have been many times, over the last 20 years, when Hisham needed someone to soothe his mind.
During this practice, we will focus on your body and breathing awareness, in an attempt to soothe the mind.
