Music, Music, Music

If you know me, you know I love music. If you don't know me very well, you probably still know that I love music, but maybe not understand to what degree I truely love music. Upon musing about what Edward (from Twilight) would hear if he could hear my thoughts, I told the person I was discussing it with that he would probably be irritated to be around me because it would be like an ongoing juke box. I seriously always have a song running through my head at any given moment. Even when I am talking with someone it is likely that somewhere in my brain, there is a song repeating itself in my head. I thought this was something that everyone did but by the strange looks I have gotten when I have explained it, I am beginning to think that maybe it's not "normal". I know that people get songs "stuck" in their head and this is usually associated with being something annoying. That happens to me too, especially after commercials or something like that. But I fall asleep with music in my head and wake up with music in my head. It's like a radio that I can't shut off. The good news is that I enjoy it.

There is something about music that is able to communicate so much more than I can with my meager words. I even have a quote up in my bedroom that says "We have music so we might speak without words". There is always a song that I am able to connect with regardless of what is going on in my life. Of course this is most true when it comes to feeling sad. Someone has always written a song about what I am sad about. I used to immerse myself in it when I was having bad days or when a boyfriend had broken up with me and I was hurting. There are also good songs that I can connect with regarding feeling happy or being in love with my husband.

I have been blessed to be able to sing (and not have people cover their ears, lol). The majority of my dad's family can sing really well and even the ones that don't do so regularly have pretty good voices. I am rarely happier than I am when I am singing. It makes me feel like I am not just listening to the music but that I am intertwined in it and enveloped by it. I recently joined the praise band at church and love it so much. It gives me that much more time to immerse myself in music. Good stuff. Now back to work as my lunch hour is winding down.