August Topic: What is your favorite playlist and what does it say about you?
By Cheryl Clark with Clark Strategies
EVERY single night if you were close to my bedroom area, you’d hear me say “Alexa play nature sounds for one hour”.
The beauty of Alexa is she switches it up for me!
Some nights she’ll say, ‘here are brook sounds for one hour’, or ‘here are canyon sounds for one hour’. She has said ‘here are wave sounds for one hour’ as well as ‘here are forest sounds for one hour’. This is my constant go to every night. Frankly I think it’s the only play list I really would claim to have. I end my day and drift off to this without fail.
I don’t remember when nature really started to be my go-to for relaxing, enjoyment and zen-ful moments. I have always liked dogs, cats and been intrigued by those who have hamsters, fish, and critters. At one point I had 6 dogs in Arizona. There is just something about the love and enjoyment their wee personalities bring into a home.
The outdoor aspect though – that is a new feeling to me. The trees dancing, grass growing, and yes squirrels wanting some food and water is all feeling pretty new in being something I am interested in. I do think being detained for 295 days had some more ripple effects on me than I give it credit for – this may be one.
Detained – 5 different facilities for 295 days. Some just for a mere 24 to 48 hours, others longer periods of stay. All 5 however had barred windows, closed windows, very limited outside time – if any at all. You watch the breeze without feeling it, you see the birds without hearing them, if you are lucky the rain will pelt against the window and not just come straight down to the ground. Maybe, just maybe this is what made me love the sounds, the feelings, and the freedom associated with ‘nature’ and mother earth.
Don’t get me wrong! I love me some old time Melissa Etheridge, can sing every word to White Lines by Grand Master Flash and would be amiss if I didn’t tell you I saw Michael Jackson on his Thriller Tour, but they do not hold my attention like my playlist of nature that is listened to every single evening before sleep.
What does my playlist say about me? It says I crave peace and connection in my opinion and thankfully I have many means of connecting and feeling peace – my playlist is just one.