I know the song was created for the Selma movie, but it applies so much to today.Ħ. “Glory” by Common and John Legend: I really don’t have a lot to add beyond the blatant meaning of this song. “Three Little Birds sat by my window and they told me I don’t need to worry.” “Three little birds, Pitch by my doorstep, Singin’ sweet songs…”ĥ. And I like the image of the bird that both of these songs include. In high school, I heard Corinne Bailey Rae’s “Put your records on.” And I have always liked Bob Marley’s music. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life ?” My first exposure to that image was from Matthew 6:25-34, “Look at the birds of the air they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. The image of birds holds a lot of symbolism for not worrying. They actually inspired my most recent tattoo. “Put your Records On” by Corinne Bailey Rae/”Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley: These two songs have always held of lot of power for me. When the song came to me, it encouraged me to take a little leap of faith into an unknown, and also allowed me to take over my story again.įavorite lyrics: “Reaching for something in the distance, so close you can almost taste it, release your inhibitions.”ģ/4. Our story can easily get away from us, and it can seem that we’re having someone else write our story for us. While it gives me a sense of calm in terms of not stressing about the future, it also helped me to reclaim my story. The song came to me during the same time as “I Lived.” I was on a weekend trip to a friend’s house when the song came on the radio. The song reminds me that while the past is, in a way, “written” because it happened, the future is still to be known. This was the main song from the soundtrack that I liked. “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” was one of my favorite books and in turn, one of my favorite movies. “Unwritten” by Natasha Beddingfield: This song came into my life in high school. ” While not every second is exciting, I feel like I am owning my seconds better.Ģ. The line that resonated with me the most is “I owned every second, t hat this world could give. This song helped push me to find something that made me feel like I was living life to the fullest. I was struggling to find purpose and passion. I was struggling with the path I was on following college and being placed in a new position. “I Lived” by One Republic: This song came to me in a time of uncertainty. These songs have come into my life at different times to help remind me to not worry as much about what will come next.ġ. I struggle to let things be and to not worry about things in my life. She is currently working part time for a nonprofit that focuses on providing support for those who are doing community-based work.Īs I was putting this list together, I realized that most of my songs lend themselves to the idea of letting go and not worrying so much. She just wrapped up two years of volunteer service in San Antonio, Texas, one year through Mennonite Voluntary Service and one year through AmeriCorps. Erin grew up in Newton, Kansas, and attended Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas.
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