The power music has over me
Many years ago, as I was struggling with a few mental issues regarding reality in middle school, Duran Duran's song, "Ordinary World," came on the radio, and I realized I had to pull myself out of my daydream world and start facing the world around me. I was doing the things I was doing as an escape from the torment that is middle school, but it was unhealthy, and I realized after listening to that song, that I needed to get a grip on reality before I slipped away. So, I did. Years later, when I was struggling to get over an ex, Collective Soul's song, "Shine," came on MTV. I had heard it many times before that (it had been released more than a year before this), but this time, it really resonated with me. I realized that I had an inner divine light that was not contingent on having a boyfriend. I could stand on my own. In that instant, I was over him, and I no longer "needed" him. Though we dated one more time after that, I was able to wa...