There are many songs that I find important and meaningful in my life; a lot of different songs that explain the way I feel throughout different chapters of my life. In this chapter of my life, one song stands out to me and lately seems to help me get through my tough times. This song is “Let it Be” by the Beatles.
To me, songs are like soul mates. My theory on soul mates is we have more than one person who fulfills a different part of our soul. A soul mate can be a friend who is always there for us, or a person who comes into our life and fulfills a romantic or intimate part of our soul. I believe that we have many different soul mates that fulfill our certain needs at certain times in our lives. In this same way, a song is like a soul mate. Certain songs fulfill a particular need our life, and when that chapter of our life is over, a new song may come in and fulfill a new need. Some songs stick, and some songs, we simply forget about. In every chapter of our lives, we have different songs that make us feel better or let us release stress, anger, or sadness depending on the meaning of the song and the meaning of our lives at the time.
My soul mate song in this chapter of my life is “Let it be” by the Beatles. This song is important to me because it helps to remember and understand that I cannot change everything, some things are just meant to be or not meant to be. I recently got out of a 5 year relationship with my boyfriend since high school. We were very close. He knew my family, I knew his. He knew all of my deepest secrets, and I knew his. But of course, not everything is as perfect as it seems. I found out he cheated on me, and being the person that I am, I forgave him and let him have a second chance. But of course, a second chance was not good enough and the same thing went on and on, and finally, little nice me gave up and got tired of it. When I first broke up with him, I kept going over and over in my head what I did wrong and asking myself why, and what I could have done better. I guess I was just devastated, hurt, and confused. Then, one day, I woke up, and I was just flat out angry. During my angry phase, my dad and I went to visit my family, and he was playing music from his ipod. “Let it be” came on, and all of a sudden, I felt so much better. I was singing the words and actually listening to what they said and what they meant. LET IT BE. There is nothing I can do about it or say to make up for what he did. The song has a line that says, “And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.” This line is what made me feel content with myself and the place in my life where I stand right now. Many things in my life are going to happen that will hurt me, but I cannot change everything, I have to learn to accept the things I cannot change. There’s a reason for everything, and things happen for the better. There will be an answer to my questions of why this happened to me, but for now, all I know is that I have to let it be. The sadness and anger turn me into a person who I am not, a person that I do not like being. So instead of being sad and angry, let it be. An answer will come soon enough, so for now, let it be.
“Let it Be” has helped me dance around this situation. It still helps me every day to get through my life without being sad and angry. I have a goal to reach the part of my life to where I wake up and think, “Wow, I haven’t thought about him in awhile!” I want to get to that point in my life to where he is just some guy I dated for some time. And as Alan Watts pointed out, we do not want to wake up one day, reaching our goal, but realizing that we passed up the beautiful and most meaningful parts of life to get there. And for me, this song, helps me to get through every day without being sad, angry or bitter, and pushes me closer to my goal while also allowing me to feel content enough to not pass up the little things in life that make everyday worth living. “Let it Be” keeps me confident in knowing that one day I will wake up and be proud of myself for being so strong and making it through this tough chapter in my life, but also keeps me confident in knowing that I will do this without looking back and wondering where my time has gone getting over this, because now I know, I am living my life to the fullest. When things happen that impact our life so deeply, we always need to keep in mind, let it be.
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I enjoy the song that you chose, Let It Be, because this is one of the songs that I hear my mom singing and playing a lot. This song is what uplifts my spirit and allows me to calm my mind down, especially when I am under stress.
ReplyDeleteEach of us, including myself, go through tough times, whether it is in school, work, relationships, or family, and these times are what makes us feel angry and frustrated. But deep down, we cannot always carry negative feelings and dwell upon them, rather, we should accept that these difficult times happened to us. Without going through tough times, we can never learn in our lives and will not be able to reach our true potential, as well as our goals.
Going to your blog, I like how you used "Let It Be" to address how you were able to recover from your breakup and move forward with confidence and determination in your life. The song helped you to ease your stress and not think about anything that occurred in the past. This is a great song that you chose since it is the one that gives you comfort and enlightenment in your life. Keep your confidence high and stay strong!
- Matthew