Music Beats Anti-Depressants

The other day I read a blog from a young lady that sounded as though she had hit the very bottom. Nothing was going right in her life. She was burdened with guilt, and felt moody, depressed, hopeless, sad, and just plain tired of her life.

Once, when I felt that way, someone gave me Cristy Lane's CD called, "One Day At A Time." I played it so many times it wore out, but, before it did, something happened in my soul, and my whole outlook on life improved.

My recovery was not instantaneous, but gradually, one day at a time, as I played and re-played that CD, my spirits began to rise. I began to find myself humming the songs from the CD as I went about my daily chores. Even now, whenever I have one of those, "I can't take another minute of this" days, the title song from the CD, One Day At A Time, pops into my head. And, one day really is all we have to face at any given moment.

Sometimes, I feel like picking up the phone and calling her to let her know how much that one CD has meant to me, but I thought that might be a little much, so I did the next best thing. I bought her autobiography, also called, One Day At A Time, and read it from cover to cover. Guess what, this lady is just like the rest of us. She has faced a lot of the same problems many of us have faced, and, in some cases, much worse, and her music has always come through for her.

If you are in one of those slumps right now, before you rush out to get a prescription for Prozac, consider the healing power of music. If not Cristy Lane, then try another uplifting artist. Get a CD and play the music over and over until it becomes a part of who you are.

Even if your circumstances remain exactly the same, I think you will find that listening to encouraging music hour after hour will go a long way toward changing your attitude about those circumstances.