Thankfulness: Day 14

Today I am thankful for music. I have music on when I am in the car, have it playing when I work on my computer and generally have some song bouncing around my head all the time. I wake in the morning to “Ode to Joy” by Beethoven so I have “Joyful, Joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of love…” in my head when I shower each day. I can listen to a huge variety of music (from the Beatles to Coldplay to Adele to Robin Thicke) when I am running errands or driving to work. I love the music we sing at church on Sunday morning and am grateful to be able to sing along with the hymns. Thank God I have ears to hear and a voice to sing! Very grateful!

To be honest with the exception of a few genres of music (really hard rock, some popular songs, anything with unnecessary yelling in it, etc.), there isn’t any kind of music for which I don’t have some kind of appreciation (yeah…I know…double negative…but you get my gist).

I could list my favorite pieces of music but it would be difficult to do just because I would be afraid I would leave something out. I guess one way of classifying what I listen to is to say that when I am working on my computer, I tend to listen to classical music. When I am in my car, I tend to listen to the radio so I switch from a Top 40 station to a classic rock station to an oldies station to an easy listening station. I turn to Christian music when I want my spirit uplifted and will listen CDs I have such as Michael Bouble, Adele, Il Divo, etc. when I am working in the church kitchen.

I couldn’t imagine my life without music. It is ingrained in my soul and I would be one dimensional without it. I am grateful to all those who create the music I like!