I recently experienced a day that had the potential to be epic…but not in a good way. The night before I was by myself, Elijah was traveling. Most of the night, I was nursing a teething baby. From 2 am to 5 am, I was up with Isaiah fighting monsters, upset stomach, boo-boos, thirst and anything else he could conjure up. Just as I thought, “well at least he didn’t wake Kai up with the screaming” something else woke him up…there’s nothing like explosive diarrhea to start the day.
Sadly, I am not exaggerating.
The strange thing that I realized was that I tend to do better when the day is going atrociously bad as opposed to a day with minor stresses. My theory is that when things reach a certain threshold of stress that I am much better at giving up expectations and letting things just be.
Another thing that really helped me turn the day around was playing certain songs. These are the songs that turned our day around. If you click on them, it will take you to the youtube video.
Oh What a Beautiful Morning! from the play Oklahoma
Say Hey (I Love You) by Michael Franti & Spearhead
What I am by Sesame Street and Will I Am
Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole
I Like to Move It from the film Madagascar
These songs have the power to change a bad mood and energize us. What songs do this for you? I’m always looking for new songs to add to our repertoire.
Jen isn’t it amazing how we cope with major situations way better than the minor ones. We don’t have time to worry, so we just get on with it and deal with the situation.
Sorry to hear you had such a traumatic night though, hope another one doesn’t come your way when you are home alone!
Music has always been a big part of my life and still is.
IZ’s version of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” always brightens my day and it is has been on my playlist for years.
Some other favourites are:
Celine Dion – “I’m Alive”
I’m Alive
Tina Turner -”Simply the Best”
Fleetwood Mac – “Gypsy” and “Everywhere”
Plain White T’s – “1234″
Train – “Hey Soul Sister”
Jason Mraz – “I’m Yours”
Jen I could go on and on and on!!!
Hope you are having a wonderful week my musical friend.
Warmest hugs
Peggy xxxxxxx
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Hi Peggy! Thank you so much! I love your list and I know that you have a great love of music. I always enjoy the music that you have playing on your blog. Lots of love, Jen