Sunshine, rainbows and butterflies

Dear diary,

   We're surrounded by negativity every day. Me, more than others. And I feel the need to actively push it away and surround myself with positivity instead. So that's why I love a good sunny day, a rainbow after a summery storm or a colorful place when I see it. I breathe art, I live through it and it's the most important thing that keeps me going. So no, dear teacher from Psychology University, I believe you're not right in saying weather doesn't influence us and that it's all in our head and our own interpretation. I am very much influenced by it and a ray of sunshine after a whole cloudy day can make my day, a colorful notebook or that perfect green dress that I saw behind a window do change my day in so many ways I can't even tell you. I don't know how it happens, but I just know it does. How else would you explain color therapy or music therapy working with the same effects as your cognitive therapy on patients all over the world? 

   So, dear diary, I want to choose what I believe in and I wanna have MY OWN religion. I do appreciate people's opinions and some of them are applicable but I will go on as a dreamer and a beautiful artist who loves her own little bubble and who is thrilled every time she sees other artists like her out there. I'm not alone and I feel so good to know there are others like me in the midst of all these realistic people who know what I should do to be happy. Nope, they don't. They know what would make THEM happy, but we're so different so why not accept our differences and celebrate them supporting each other every time we're happy about something? :) In the end, feeling understood and valued is what we all need to be really happy.

Feeling wise,

D.

Day 334. The odd one out

  We all want to fit in, be accepted and appreciated by the people we like or admire. Some will just be themselves and hope that will work out fine while others will feel like they have to change some tiny parts of them to make sure they do fit in. If they get to do that, at some point when they look in the mirror they will be facing a stranger, a person way too different than they are. It sounds cliché, but it happens every day. Mostly, to people who have self esteem issues. 

   It's hard to stay true to yourself and know that you might not fit in a group you like. Being social "animals", we want to be surrounded by people and not just any kind, but awesome ones. The kind of people who make us feel awesome as well. And there's where our mistake is. We try to be awesome with the wrong group. Why wrong? Because we have to try to make ourselves liked. 

   So my lesson for today is: first love yourself and the right people will love you too. Don't push it and don't try to be somebody you're not only to please others around you. Stay true to yourself and learn how to assertively tell the others that you're different. I know, common interests connect people, but just because you don't like the exact same music as somebody else, doesn't mean you can't still have common interests:) Be you and never be ashamed to stand for yourself: "No, dude, I don't drink vodka or tequila. I don't listen to death metal and I don't smoke. But I did love that psychological movie you were talking about and I drink beer. How about that?" 

Day 268. Music saves the day

   What can you do when there's just another rainy weekend and you have to study even if you don't want to? Let's see something that can get you in the right mood:

1. Find an awesome song and put it on repeat. 

2. Or make a playlist and enjoy it during the day. 

3. Dance like crazy in your room. Let it all out, set yourself free! Don't be afraid to boogie in your own style.

4. Sing till you realize you love your voice even if you've always been too ashamed to sing out loud. 

Today music saved my day!:) And boy, am I thankful for it:)

P.S. Happy children's day, by the way!:)

Day 83. Life without music

  

 I don't always listen to music. Actually, there are days when I don't listen to music at all being so busy and caught up with work stuff. Nevertheless, I know where to find it when I feel like listening to it and I love the fact that there is a specific kind for every emotion I have. 

   Today I was in the mood for carols since I woke up. All day I hummed "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" and I wanted to listen to some more carols but I couldn't. I realized the speakers from my office aren't working. At all. And it's sad cos in that cozy retreat I have, life's on mute. Then I imagined: "How would life be if there wasn't music... at all?" Music empathizes with us, soothes us, embraces us, it even teaches us and it makes us dance. How would life be without dance? Dull, that's for sure. 

   So, let's listen to music more often and enjoy it as much as we can. Music is life and life without music is death on repeat.