What is getting the Best of Me?

The year has just two months left that are whole and as we begin the one we are in, it amazes me how shocking headlines remain. I am so not going to put on that kind of mood when I can wear a smile though. Not a hint of the sun shining this morning where I am. There is the usual power cut offs and a sound polluting generator is active. There is probably a place being decontaminated because it has become normal for that to happen. It is raining and some will choose to call it a blessing. I am choosing to make my own Sun, Shine.

A one Otis Redding sang about this kind of feeling. He was on about a girl of his and how cloudy days seem to lose effect, for the feeling he gets is all about Sunshine. The talk is about his girl. That is a classic – “My Girl”. I can understand how circumstances may contain your smile and laugh, that is life after all, and it surely gets its way. That said, I can only think of it in this manner that, at times, you only have to choose the right record to repeatedly play and listen to, until you give in and let live.

The language of music is personal. It is not easy to meet someone and not learn of one or two songs that means a bit more than what is an ordinary feeling of just enjoying music. There usually is a sentimental touch to it. This leads me to the song about just being “Ordinary People”. Do you get that the song is just in essence conveying a message that, in any given day, however extraordinary things maybe, in the end one faces the fact that they are just as the next person, figuring himself or herself out in this life.

It is hard-core masterpiece by SWV reassuring a loved one that however hard things may get, their love will grow for they plan not to leave, Love will be "Right here". You get to pause when “Until the end of time” starts, when the late Mr. Shakur starts letting them drop. The bar even gets higher, when “Changes” comes on. Right after that, he goes “I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself…” Truly speaking, it does not surprise me that most people wish and have convinced themselves they can actually sing (Yea right!), there is just something about this kind of gift, this kind of self-expression.

Well, it is very much a relaxed mood as I continue to write. By now, I am compiling playlists in my head. It comes just as easy as driving after many years of being behind the wheel. This is just about expressing an interest I have that is a big part of me. If you ask me, the kind of music a person listens to; truly say a lot about them / where they are. Look, everybody knows that “Almost doesn’t count” cannot be argued with. This is why I did not care to hesitate to put this out. I love music and the kind of influence it has on me. As a “Girl on fire”, you must trust that it takes a lot to make it through the day. I have to stand by the mirror, start with the "Man in the Mirror" and make sure I tell myself that "I am not my hair" . It is also obvious that I cannot do it on my own. For instance, when I sing the song “Nearer My God to thee”, at times I choke up. What shocks me is that, I can be having a good day and once I get into this song, I truly calm the soul of me down. This song will make you feel things. It will send you to your knees. It will get you where most of us need to be, right beside him (Alpha & Omega).

I choose to do this to carry with me a light mood inwardly, as the day continues. If you have a song that gets you through the day, kindly put it on. If it brightens your day, play it. Small things you know about yourself can make a big difference at releasing you into a state of serenity. Start making your own sunshine. Intentionally do what you love and do not be afraid of what will be said about it or you.

There is no doubt what so ever, Music is one of the things that get the best of me. This matters because I know what gets me to a better space on any given day. Some people struggle to pin out what gets them down and what uplifts them for they often imagine it has to be a profound matter/cause that will draw in likes should they share. See, if watching Peppa Pig does the things to you, just do it. Just because you are a "grown up", it don't mean you have not an inner child chilling in there. Shake things up a bit hey. In my world, it only concerns investing in oneself, as simple as this post, it matters.

As you ought to know, You Matter!

Regards

Livhuwani