Music is power. It has the ability to change and influence our lives. Certain music has the power to make me hope, to make me dream, to make me relax, to make me me, to make me imagine. At this very moment I am listening to my epic soundtrack playlist and feeling totally inspired.
When I was a teenager--well, now that I think about, I still do this--I would turn on my music and put headphones to my ears and just sit and listen. The music would inspire thoughts and emotions. I would think about my life or just imagine life being more amazing. I would see myself saving people and doing heroic acts. Or I would imagine a new place and new people, entirely of my own creation, and develop plots and personalities to go with it. On car trips I would listen to music for hours and just entertain myself with my own thoughts and mental images. For me it was better than watching a movie or listening to books on tape. I was the creator and the observer. No one, not even me, would know how the story ended. The music led me through a story as I followed the emotions of the songs. I have brainstormed my best stories while listening to music.
Music also makes me introspective. As I listen memories and ideas come to my mind as they are triggered by the lyrics or sounds. I have received many epiphanies and clarifications about life, humanity, and the universe from music. My testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ has increased many times just by listening to one song. This is the power of music.
Here are some of the songs that have inspired me...
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