Music Soothes the Soul - Lift Yourself To The Music

This hub is inspired by one of my favorite fellow hubbers, Mickeysr., who, by the way I found hub-hopping. There’s a plethora of beautiful people in the HP community. I recommend you “hop”. However, I also recommend that if you find material offensive, poorly written or full of grammatical and/or spelling errors, leave the hub. Don’t criticize. Hubbers who are not of quality will soon find out when their lists of followers do not grow. Be kind or step away.

OK. That’s my disclaimer. Back to the point. Mickeysr. has written a hub, called Photos That Tell A Story, that I just can’t seem to leave. It’s creating quite a string of comments. For me, this particular hub has reminded me of my core self, which has been my strength throughout my life.

We’ve all heard the adage “keep your eyes open”. Or you’ve been given “sage” advice to go into a number of situations “with your eyes open”. Whether or not you are aware, this “advice” sends your subconscious into defensive mode; therefore, you can never really “see” or appreciate this new opportunity, whatever it may be. We have been geared to be on the defensive because society has lost the ability to “Imagine”, as so poignantly stated by the late, great John Lennon.

I have lived my life looking through rose-colored glasses. I’ve never taken them off, although I’ve gone through some pretty rough times. I wear them to this day and, as of this writing, I’m 54 years old. I’m proof of the pudding, folks!

I guess I have a pretty strong sense of myself, although some of the holes I’ve dug (yes, I dug them, no one else!) in my earlier adulthood, would give the opposite assumption.

Whenever things went wrong in my life I’d stop and ask myself: “what is the common factor here?” The answer was ALWAYS – me! Once you realize your actions or the people with whom you associate, because of the mindset you hold, are responsible for your downfalls – not those people in and of themselves, with whom you associate – you have no choice but to fix yourself in order to be true. It’s hard to face the fact that you’re your own worst enemy, but that adage didn’t come about by happenstance! Love yourself enough to honestly know you are the culprit and put it to an end! Stop having a pity party! “Woe is me”. Yeah, woe is you. So fix it, dumbass!

You don’t need a shrink (who will never fix you because they have bills to pay too, and you’re their meal ticket!) or drugs. What you need is to go deep inside, be honest with yourself and determine the common factor. Make your life work! Get pissed off at yourself for letting all those outside influences reduce you! Love yourself and say, “no more!”. Pick yourself up by the bootstraps and show the world they can’t keep you down! The negative influences in your life will disappear because they no longer have an audience; they no longer have power. Trust me, I’ve been there. And I like myself too much to let anyone or anything stop me from being the best I can be and reaching for my dreams.

OK, I’ve rambled a bit.

In addition to finding myself as the common factor in the valleys of my life, I’ve also had music as a common factor, probably since I was born. I don’t ever remember not having music in my life. I read music, I play the piano, I sing music and I dance! In addition to myself and God, music has always been with me. It’s a part of my soul. And my salvation!

My alarm wakes me with music (not a jolting, unnerving noise!). My office is the only one in the building with a radio playing at all times (the radio gets turned on before my computer!), because my superiors know I can’t function effectively without music. It’s a prerequisite. It’s necessary. Just as is eating and sleeping. I MUST have music in my life – 24/7!

To reiterate Mickey Sr.’s request: close your eyes. Put on some music and close your eyes. Even if you put on the song that was yours and your lost love’s… if you close your eyes the world will go away and you will hear the message because you will hear the music first . You’ll hear that it’s not your ex-husband or ex-lover speaking the words. The love you will hear when you close your eyes could be your child, a beloved pet, God, or…. How ‘bout this? Yourself? Quite a concept, huh? Loving yourself?? Absolutely! You CANNOT love or give love to another until you love yourself!!!!

Plug in a CD, or play your records, if you still have a player, put on the stereo, close your eyes and let the music move you. Hear the soul and let it enrapture yours. You’ll have no choice but to sway, move, swing, glide. And – watch it! You’re doing it! You’re smiling! What drug or shrink can make you do that?????

I’m telling you folks, music is necessary in your life.

By now you may be wondering (or not), where does God come into all of this? Ha! Little do you know…. God is omnipotent, right? Meaning He’s everywhere? God is in the music! Even if it’s head-banger music and you dance furiously. When the song is over, you no longer feel angry and your soul is ready to hear. You’ve ridden yourself of the Beast, ridden it from your presence! Betcha put on something a little smilier (I just made that word up!), but you have ridden yourself of the negativity that has made you dark, angry and has created frown lines. Now let’s show off those laugh lines!

Close your eyes, shut out the world, and let the music lift you!

In danger of receiving a “violation” notice from the HP Police, I leave you with this. It’s my mantra and a line found in my profile. It comes from the heart and my rose-colored glasses:

Keep a smile in your heart and never, ever let the music fade!

Peace,

Bravewarrior

Shauna L Bowling