A story behind a thought I've had today (Patreon)

Decided to write something similar to a blog post here about a thought that came to my mind today. So here it goes. 

Has this ever happened to you? Something that happened in your day triggers an automatic urge to listen to a song you haven't listened to in a while, and somehow (probably subconsciously) the song lyrics describe exactly the way you're feeling at the moment, or at the very least, tell you what you need to hear to round up a certain point of your life. It's almost a surreal feeling. It happens to me every now and then, especially if something bigger is happening. I think I'm very connected to songs and music that sometimes I don't even know what I wanna say, but I always find a way to express it with a song, and if I can't find a song that fits, I write my own. 

When it comes to songs that I remembered at the right time, a couple of examples come to my mind immediately. On my wedding day, I had this urge to hear a song by Dion titled ''Only you know''. Last time I've heard that song was more than a decade before my wedding day.  I was introduced to it by a friend who showed me an Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) cover of it. I didn't actually find it that interesting, and I surely didn't remember the lyrics. But damn it, I wanted to hear it for some strange reason, and I wanted to play the original. So I opened YouTube on my mobile, found it, and went on to brush my teeth. I can't describe the feeling - like I was meant to hear it. I've copied a part of the lyrics and sent it to my soon-to-be wife Ana.

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I wanna see something

That used to be in your eyes again

I'm waitin' to see it

You know it's only a question of when'

Cause I know how much I'm missin' heaven

You know that it's missin'

And only you know where you have been to

Only you know what you have been through

But there's better things you're gonna get into

And I wanna be there too

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She replied by saying: "Idiot, you're making me cry! I'm gonna ruin my make-up...'' You know, she meant idiot in a cute way.  

Today I had a similar situation. Long story short, another big day in my life, my little daughter Maggie was baptized today! After the ceremony ended, after we celebrated with our family over lunch and finally got home - the impressions had time to settle a bit. I sat down, felt grateful, and naturally searched up another song. This time it was ''I love my life'' by Robbie Williams. 

Now, I've played this song on gigs more time than I can count, but my violin playing pal loved it so much that usually, he sang the main melody, I would play piano and sing backing vocals. So I didn't pay too much attention to the lyrics. Today I've looked at them, and once again, they really fit perfectly with my state of mind at the moment. They kinda describe what I want for my little one. See for yourself.

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Tether your soul to me

I will never let go completely

One day your hands will be

Strong enough to hold me

I might not be there for all your battles 

But you'll win them eventually

I pray that I'm giving you all that matters

So one day you'll say to me

I love my life

I am powerful

I am beautiful

I am free

I love my life

I am wonderful

I am magical

I am me

I love my life

I am not my mistakes

And God knows, I've made a few

I started to question the angels

And the answer they gave was you

I cannot promise there won't be sadness

I wish I could take it from you

But you'll find the courage to face the madness

And sing it because it's true

I love my life

I am powerful

I am beautiful

I am free

I love my life

I am wonderful

I am magical

I am me

I love my life

Find the others

With hearts

Like yours

Run far, run free

I'm with you

I love my life

I am powerful

I am beautiful

I am free

I love my life

I am wonderful

I am magical

I am me

I love my life

I am powerful

I am beautiful

I am free

I love my life

I am wonderful

I am magical

I am me

I love my life

And finally

I'm where I want to be

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 I might not be there for all your battles hit particularly hard, but yeah, she's gonna win them all eventually. 

Life goes by quickly and in this fast-paced world, it's good to slow down, take some time to breathe, remember the important things, and be grateful for everything that we've accomplished so far. Sometimes in all the rush, I forget this.

I am well and healthy don't worry, just a thought that I wanted to share with you. If there's a takeaway here that I would love for you to remember is - slow down every once in a while, reevaluate, realize, appreciate everything you have, love and figure out what is important to you - and not what the world says should be important!