The Power and Importance of Music

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Growing up, you don't realize it while it's happening, when you start listening to music, of how intrinsic it becomes a part of your life, and even the artists that created the music. How certain songs, can parallel your life, or what's happening to you in that moment, or just how your feeling about life, and everything around you. It might sound cliché, but at least for me, growing up, listening to music, helped me in so many ways, it brought me happiness, laughter, helped me when I was sad, mad, or just made me feel like I wasn't alone. A lot of times for me, listening to music, so many of the songs I would listen to, captured how I was feeling and thinking, and put into words almost perfectly of how I was feeling, or what was going in my life. 

In a lot of ways, music, the songs that I would listen to, it felt like an invisible friend that was always there for me, when I was alone with my thoughts. I don't know how, a lot of my friends felt about music, because to this day, I never really asked them. They probably felt similar, if not about music, then something else that they cherished. Even now, when I think of certain songs, they helped me in important moments in my life, weather it was a happy moment, a sad heartbreaking moment, or feeling like I was being valued, those certain songs helped me not feel so alone during those times in my life. Or, some songs, just took me away from reality for a short while, making me run around, dance in my room like a little kid. Cliché I know, but that's what I did at least. 

Then there were other times in my life, where listening to songs, would help me process what I was feeling or going through, so much faster than me talking to people sometimes. I remember so many countless nights in my room, alone, listening to certain songs over and over again on repeat, because some of those certain songs, resonated with me so much, that I simply couldn't stop listening to them. 

There were a lot of times throughout the years growing up, that the only things I kept going back to for comfort of some kind, was music, and journaling, those two things, helped me escape, or not feel alone, or helped get my thoughts out, or helped me feel like I was understood by someone or something out there. Yes I went to cartoons, anime shows, and Disney shows, but music and journaling was a huge part of my life, growing up, when it came to understanding my feelings, and thoughts, or just trying to get through the day.  

Then there's other times growing up, while listening to music, that it can help your confidence, self esteem, helping you feel that you matter, that you are important, that your life does matter, that your existence is important. It can help you celebrate happy moments in your life, like a birthday, graduating, having fun with friends, or rocking it and having fun alone. In some ways, it's almost like having an invisible friend like I said earlier, that is happy, celebrating your accomplishments in life, when no one else is around. Almost like, your getting a comforting hug from listening to certain songs. 

I didn't know till it happened to me, but music can also help you with grieving and heartbreak when someone dear to you passes away. After my mom passed away, I used music constantly to get through the days ahead, and over two years later, certain songs, reminded me of her or dad, helping me feel close to them again, while at the same time, slowly moving on, the pain of grieving, slowly fading over time. 

I remember other times in my life, that music helped me greatly with processing, and getting through anger, and other strong emotions associated with pain and heartbreak, usually when I was very mad and feeling hurt, I would listen to rock, hard rock, or close to metal, those genre's of music, helped me greatly when I was mad, sad, grieving, or a mixture of multitude of emotions. Plus, it's a healthy way to process emotions, from listening to music. 

With so many aspects that music can help, benefit you, or even heal you in some way, there really is no wrong way that music could benefit you, at least that's I see it at least. Because, I know for me, that music, was, and still is a huge, major part of my life, and me as a person overall. Music helped me in so many ways growing up, and still does even now, I just wanted to share my insights on music, and why it is such an important part of my life.