Music is something that moves us, enlightens us and sometimes angers us. Music can make us feel these and other emotions and makes us think.
I love music. I especially love songs and I love singing. And I really like stuff from musicals and older movies. And, as I'm sure you know, it's pretty easy to get a song stuck in your head whether you want it there or not.
Where I'm going with all this is a question: What do you listen to? I mean, yeah, you listen to music and songs and stuff but...do you know the lyrics to your favorite songs? Do you know what the lyrics mean? I'm not trying to hack down your music library, I'm just suggesting that you look at what what to listen to.
Music has a powerful influence on us. For example, music can help you study. But it can also hinder your study. It all depends on the music. Music that has a repeating beat to it does not help you study. Basically, info goes in one ear and out the other.
Music that doesn't have a repeating beat to it, classical music for instance, helps you study.
(Songs can also help you memorize stuff.)
Music can also do other amazing things. Things as amazing as bringing people out of comas. (Believe it or not it has happened! ...Just not to me or anyone I know.)
Music is, in a way, magical. It can be peaceful, soothing and...inspiring. Music can do so much.
A friend of mine has a sign on her wall that says,
Bach gave us God's Word. Mozart gave us God's laughter. Beethoven gave us God's fire. God gave us Music that we might pray without words.---------------
My information on how music helps us study and can bring people out of comas, is from a talk Michael Ballam gave once.
I was able to find the "Bach gave us...Mozart gave us..." quote on the New York Christian College online. It says the quote was from outside an opera house.
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