Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Time to Heal;



So... last night my iTunes deleted ALL of my music and playlists.

If anyone knows me really well they know that is one of the WORST things that could happen to me!!

I have a playlist for literally every mood I could possibly be in.

Because all of my playlists got deleted, I am starting from scratch. This reminded me on my efforts to be my best self.

Sometimes you have to literally start from scratch to get where you want to be. There will be hard times and easy times and tender mercies throughout. One tender mercy in regards to my music was that all of my files were saved, so I just need to download my music back onto my iTunes.

See? Tender mercy #1.

So for today's I want to express how thankful I am for good music.

In difficult times, music is a great way to relate others' troubles and triumphs to our own lives.

Music is a perfect way of not only connecting with yourself, but others around you too. In fact I'm quite certain that good music brought my boyfriend and I together! And that's worked out for about four years now!

I've put together a small (my idea of small) list of songs that I believe everyone should know and listen to often because of their healing properties.

These are some of my most favorite treasures:

Don't Know Why -- Norah Jones
Josh McBride -- The Head and The Heart
The World Spins Madly On -- The Weepies
Patron Saint -- Regina Spektor
Rocketman -- Elton John
Danny's Song -- Anne Murray
River's and Roads -- The Head and The Heart
Wonderwall -- Ryan Adams
Such Great Heights -- The Postal Service
A Lack of Color -- Death Cab for Cutie
Free Fallin' -- John Mayer
Ghosts -- Laura Marling
When You Were Young -- Benjamin Frances Leftwich
Hallelujah -- Jeff Buckley 
Let it Be -- The Beatles 
Seat Beside Me -- The Head and The Heart
Upward Over the Mountain -- Iron and Wine
Landslide -- Fleetwood Mac
Wake Up -- Arcade Fire
Chasing Rubies -- Hudson Taylor
Lovers' Eyes -- Mumford & Sons
The Way I Am -- Ingrid Michaelson
Samson -- Regina Spektor
Down in the Valley -- The Head and The Heart
Comes and Goes -- Greg Laswell
Welcome Home -- Radical Face
Won't Turn Back -- Needtobreathe

Gosh. There's so more I could mention than that.. but I will stop! 

I am extremely interested in hearing your favorite songs that mean something to you!

Feel free to share by leaving a comment! I promise I will listen to every/any song that gets posted.




Wake up & Live!

3 comments:

  1. Okay, I'm having a really difficult time posting a comment here. I tried twice and it didn't work, and then it did work, but I realized it was a comment on the wrong post. BAH! Hopefully this one works. The song that comes to mind right now is
    We Are Nowhere and It's Now by Bright Eyes.
    Stinkin song makes me either cry or come close to it.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr7dXN7wJP0

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  2. Also, I just made this playlist surrounding my feelings about this post.
    The First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
    Something Pretty - Patrick Park
    Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap
    Trouble - Cat Stevens
    Worried Shoes - Karen O
    Raindrops - Regina Spektor
    Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
    Smile - Nat King Cole
    Oh My Sweet Carolina - Ryan Adams
    Cannonball - Damien Rice
    Fire and Rain - James Taylor
    Annie's Song - Brett Dennen and Milow
    Flicker and Fail - Laura Marling
    I Shall Not Walk Alone - The Blind Boys of Alabama
    A Lack Of Color - Death Cab for Cutie
    2 Hours - Seye
    We Rule The School - Belle and Sebastian
    Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
    Fix You - Coldplay
    We Are Nowhere And It's Now - Bright Eyes

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  3. Hey cute girl! I read this and had to at least post something. I'm like you and can just list forever! I'm a huge fan of the Goo Goo dolls of course, my favorites from them are Iris and Treasure Planets "I'm still here" (Jim's theme). Two of my favorites. But one of my all time favorites (which there is a lot!) is Dream by Priscilla Ahn. But I can't forget to mention You and I by Ingrid Michelson. There's a few for ya that I LOVE!!

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