My weakness...
Music.
There is no telling how much money I have spent on music.
It is probably the one thing that even as a child I would buy if my mom said "You can have it if you use your own money" when I would ask for something she knew I didn't truly need.
It just so turns out that I pretty much do need music now.
I look to it when I understand how I feel. I look to it when I don't understand how I feel. I look to it to calm, to clarify, to make me happy. I almost always have music on.
I love getting new music and listening to each song. You get to listen to a song unravel and sometimes you have moments were a song just tugs on your heart a little. Or there are songs you find that make you want to sing at the top of your lungs and dance like an idiot. Regardless of what emotions great songs evoke in you, one thing is consistent, music is so important. It can create a moment of understanding, a moment of joy, a moment of unity. It is powerful and so important to me. I often connect moments of my life, people, places, to a song. Through my favorite songs I can see flashbacks and clips of life playing out.
Though I don't play an instrument, maybe I will one day. And though I don't sing well enough to qualify for American Idol, I will never stop singing.
You don't have to be talented at playing instruments or writing music to have a talent for listening and a talent for finding songs that create understanding.
There is no telling how much money I have spent on music.
It is probably the one thing that even as a child I would buy if my mom said "You can have it if you use your own money" when I would ask for something she knew I didn't truly need.
It just so turns out that I pretty much do need music now.
I look to it when I understand how I feel. I look to it when I don't understand how I feel. I look to it to calm, to clarify, to make me happy. I almost always have music on.
I love getting new music and listening to each song. You get to listen to a song unravel and sometimes you have moments were a song just tugs on your heart a little. Or there are songs you find that make you want to sing at the top of your lungs and dance like an idiot. Regardless of what emotions great songs evoke in you, one thing is consistent, music is so important. It can create a moment of understanding, a moment of joy, a moment of unity. It is powerful and so important to me. I often connect moments of my life, people, places, to a song. Through my favorite songs I can see flashbacks and clips of life playing out.
Though I don't play an instrument, maybe I will one day. And though I don't sing well enough to qualify for American Idol, I will never stop singing.
You don't have to be talented at playing instruments or writing music to have a talent for listening and a talent for finding songs that create understanding.
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