August Topic: What is your favorite playlist and what does it say about you?
By Wil Becker with Turning Leaf Solutions
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I love music and if I listen to it often, it fills my mind all the time. It pushes out all other thoughts and ideas. Because of that, I tend to stick to classical music …because there are no words, and I can think and allow my mind to wander and work on problems.
In truth, I have two playlists that I listen to when needed. The first is my life playlist, songs that hit the high and low points and remind me that life is a journey (or a dance). It’s something that we can chose to enjoy or not.
The songs in my life playlist are:
- One by US,
- Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright,
- Smile by Natalie Cole,
- Try by Colbie Caillat,
- A Common Disaster by Cowboy Junkies,
- Stone Child by Catie Waters,
- Life’s a Dance by John Michael Montgomery,
- Faithfully by Journey,
- One Woman Army by Kate Earl, and
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers.
These songs are to remind me that I have to take the highs and lows with patience and “in stride”. I have to keep my head about me.
In my past, my emotions controlled me, and I let them run amok … it caused me and too many others pain that could have been avoided with a little pause and thinking. I’m really embarrassed by those past mistakes. However, I have used the best books, audios, mentors, and quotes to re-write my negative character traits. No, I am not perfect … I am better than when I started!!
There are also days where I am not “feeling it”; where I don’t feel like putting in the work. That’s when I get out my second playlist, my solutions playlist, and listen to it.
The songs in my solutions playlist are:
- I will go to War by Tessa Thompson,
- I’m Gonna Make it by Catie Waters,
- All We Have is Now by Lundyn Rae,
- The Battel Belongs by Phil Wickham, and
- Dream Life, Life by Colbie Caillat.
These songs help me remember my goals and dreams. These songs help me to push through the harder times. I know that I will achieve those goals … even if it takes me longer than I would like. These songs remind me that I never quit.
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