I have realized that it is
really hard for me to
only pick one song each day for my music challenge! I love music way too much and I often find myself thinking,
That song's a great one! So is that! Maybe I can post two songs?! Three songs?! Yet,
I'm trying to stick to posting one song; one representation of how I'm
feeling on a particular day. I've been back in Utah for a few weeks now
and am currently living in my place by myself, which I am not a fan of. I
find myself feeling like I have less purpose; I know that sounds weird.
When my siblings were around, I knew I needed to get up each day and
help them as much as I could. I've always felt the need to take care of
them. I believe that some of the boredom or lack of purpose I have felt
stems from the fact that I am on my summer break. As a teacher, all of
my time was consumed by my job during the school year, and by all of my
time, I mean,
all of my time!
The weekends, which would ideally be breaks from it all, were spent
planning, making resources, ensuring the teachers on my team were on the
same page, etc. In all honesty, I didn't even get to go to the dentist
or doctor at all this past year... even worse than that, I haven't
gotten to go to a dentist or doctor since I started teaching three years
ago. Terrible, I know! I have decided to make some major decisions/life
goals for this upcoming school year, which goals I hope will help me to
take better care of myself and to have a balance between work life and
normal life. I want to be my healthiest self and to do so will require
sacrifices and decisions to recognize when I've done all I can. I will
need to learn that when bed time comes around at night, I will hit the
sack regardless of what I have left to do. I anticipate that doing so
may help me to use the time I have leading up to beddy-bye more wisely
and effectively. Here's to hoping!
Now that my life's
story (or a small portion of it) has been unraveled, I'll get back to
the matter at hand, the song of the day! Zach, my younger brother, will
be coming back out here to live with me in the end of August, which I am
excited, no, ecstatic about! He will be going to
school at BYU for what will probably be his last year there depending on
what he decides to do career-wise. Hence, this will most likely be our
last year living together. :-( The song I've chosen to post today is in
Zach's honor; it will always make me think of him because this past
Christmas, he turned me into a fan of it. Zach has this way about him
with music or things he likes that causes them to grow on you. I love
the musical phases he goes through with artists he likes because I too,
go on those journeys with him and grow to love the music he plays often.
At Christmas, Zach got a record player and along with it, he got some
really awesome vinyl records to play. There is a cool sound associated
with record players; I can't quite put my finger on it, but the music
sounds more pure somehow. During the break, Zach played the song,
"Sailing" by Christopher Cross and I fell in love with it. We talked to
one another about what we thought it was about. I thought it was about
sailing on a boat, however Zach thought it was more metaphorical. We
found out that it is indeed, as its name implies, about sailing. Yet,
its meaning does go deeper than that. "Sailing" is about doing something
you love in your life to give you a temporary escape or freedom from
the harshness of reality. It's about daydreaming and imagining your
life's endless possibilities in your own version of "paradise." I liken
it to the way I feel when I see an awesome movie, when I blog/write, or
even when I go on a boat. For a moment in time, when I'm doing these
things, I forget my troubles, cares, and stresses, and I just enjoy the
escape. I feel I have, to some degree, felt the same way Cross describes
in the song, particularly when I've gone on a boat. My father has a
boat at Raystown Lake in PA and there is something to be said about the
way you feel on the water as the speed of the boat increases and the
wind blows through your hair as you look around and see beautiful trees
and landscapes surrounding you. In those moments, I have felt so free;
my cares have left my mind and peace has overcome my soul. In said
moments, I've felt like a kid again- free from the burdens associated
with "grown-up" life. Cross describes this very notion in his song when
he says, "It's not far to never-never land, no reason to pretend, and if
the wind is right you can find the joy of innocence again."
Cross'
song itself, serves the purpose of doing what is described in it; it
helps to give you an escape from the world. It captures the moment of
feeling like you're free for the few minutes that it plays. I can't help
thinking of "What About Bob" in relation to this. You're probably
thinking,
How in the world would you see a connection between that movie and this song?!?! In
the movie, Bob says that he has taken "a vacation from his problems."
Truly, "Sailing" is a song that serves that very function! Haha!
So "feel good... feel great... [and] feel wonderful" as you listen to this "vacation from your problems!" Enjoy!
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