Music And How It Affects Our Thoughts, Feelings... Ultimately Our Actions!

Is music that powerful, that depending upon what we choose to listen to on a regular basis - actually affect the ultimate process of how we come to ACTION?

• WHAT WE THINK? + HOW WE FEEL? = WHAT WE DO?

And in this order? Can we really give the media of music this much credit in how "our" lives proceed?

Well, this depends on how much emphasis that YOU place on the music that you choose to listen to. What does your particular genre of music really say about YOU?

As much as we all love our music... by the time we are adults, most of us - have settled fairly comfortably into our relationship with music.

As far as my personal taste in music goes - I happen to still absolutely love to listen to great rock and roll -- particularly when I am driving out on the open road!

Led Zeppelin, Journey, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Deep Purple, Cold Play, John Mayer, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, America, Bad Company, Chicago, David Mathews Band, Creed, Maroon five, The Doors, Eagles, Foreigner, Jack Johnson, John Legend, Eric Clapton, Kansas, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Styxs, Usher, The Who, Bread, YES.

I love the classic bands and have added in some new loves over the years as well!

But, I don't listen to those groups on a daily basis like I did when I was in my teens... only when I want to feel like a teenager AGAIN!

Now, that is what I call POWERFUL MUSIC! It just feels so GREAT to throw on my music as loud as I "want" - without my teenagers telling me to turn it down! Really!

I like my rock and roll really LOUD! Thus, a drive in a fast car out on the open road - me alone - and my favorite rock and roll - cranked up high - can be a favorite time to just let it all hang out!

It is amazing what this kind of an adventure can do for a gal, like me!

Kathleen O'Toole continues....

"Entertainment executives and teenagers who argue that pop music is "just music" do not take into account that "most human learning is incidental in nature and takes place outside of designated educational settings," the authors write. Poetry is "equipment for living," the late philosopher Kenneth Burke once wrote. Christenson and Roberts emphasize that in the adolescent years, pop music is the "heavy equipment" ­ more influential than television, movies and computers"

Let's get real. Just for a minute...

Music is powerful. It is math. Therefore it has both negative and positive powers.

We can choose to use music and enjoy music in our lives for positive reasons and influence.

Because it is so powerful... and our teens are so very vulnerable - we must be vigilant as parents to know what our teens are listening to and HOW it could possibly be affecting the way they wake up in the morning!

Write- On!

So.... let's watch and listen for HEALTH!