this isn’t the big intro post that I’ve been meaning to write for almost 18 months. That will still come I promise. But one of the things I love about public journaling, aka blogging, is the spontaneous in the moment inspiration. Expressing one’s emotions and relating one’s experiences while still buzzing from it all is the most therapeutic for both the writer and the reader in my opinion. So stay tuned to a comprehensive intro to Glitter Every Day blog 2.0, redux, revival or whatever this is and read on for what moved me today.
Music is magic - it’s in it’s ability to make you feel things, to raise your spirits, transport you into a completely different frame of mind, that is magic to me and that is healing.
I love how some songs can bring me to tears at any given moment. Sometimes it’s the actual lyrics and how they hit - happy or sad. Sometimes it’s in the exquisite beauty of the melody, or the plaintive vibe of the vocals, or the ethereal strain of the instrument. Sometimes it’s just the energy of the song and you surprise yourself with the tears springing out because the words don’t even relate to you at all.
Sometimes it’s the way the song transports your to another time in your life or an event that was significant and it feels so good, or so painful, but it’s just what you needed. I recently attended a Sacred Self Care women’s retreat, it wasn’t a cancer retreat but there were a few survivors there and it was a deeply heart led event, the music was brilliantly curated, now when I listen to the playlist i can FEEL the exact moment of that song during whatever thing we were doing, dancing, honoring a sister, journaling and I get the goosebumps, tears and connection all over again, it’s so so powerful
So yeah, adding a little dancing to or singing along and whoooooo SUPER POWER MAGIC. Extremely cathartic. I wrote in my OG glitter every day blog (in the archives here) about my happiness project of dancing and it’s a practice that still holds. Thank goodness there’s no hidden cameras in my house! Nowadays I sometimes listen and sing while bouncing on my rebounder - double the healing!
Today the song that got me inspired was Bluebird Wine by Emmylou Harris. It has such a positive energy to it and her voice is always sublime, but it’s the line “I just hit my stride” that hits… I just had great bone scans, I’m feeling good, I made a delish smoothie and yeah, I have hit my stride and it’s all gonna be ok.