Music is Everywhere

Everywhere you go, music is sure to follow.  You get in the car, the radio is playing.  You walk around in the grocery store, music is playing on the intercom.  You go to the gym to work out, fast music is playing to keep your heart rate up.  You go to school, and, depending on where you are in the school, you can hear the band, orchestra, or choir practicing.  Music follows you everywhere you go.  It's impossible to escape it, but do you really want to?

Without music, life would be dull.  Take a minute and picture it.  No music, anywhere you go.  No pep band tunes or halftime shows at Friday night football games.  No radio as you drive.  You go to lift weights, or run for sports conditioning, and all you hear is the sounds of weights clanging on the bench or ground, the machines running, and people breathing.  You walk into your favorite clothing store in the mall, and all you hear is the sliding of clothing hangers and the sales associates talking to other customers.  How empty does that feel?  

Music is an amazing thing to me.  I love how if I'm happy, I can feel free to sing along to upbeat sounding songs.  If I'm sad or upset, I can listen to slower, sad songs and get that make me feel like somebody understands how I'm feeling.  If I'm mad, I can turn on some hard rock music and feel like I'm venting my anger.  If I'm relaxed and just driving in my car, with nowhere to be, cruising with the windows down on a warm sunny day, I throw on some country music and just chill.  There is music for every mood or situation.

Music has become an omnipresent aspect in people's lives.  We don't always think about it, or even realize that it's playing, but it's there.  We don't think about having to turn it on, it does it itself.  We appreciate it without thinking.  You might be standing in line, waiting to check out at the store, you hear a catchy song and you subconsciously start tapping your foot or bobbing your head. (Everyone has done it, just admit it.)  You don't think about it, but it's a habit.

Appreciate music when you hear it, because it make up your life.  It adds color and beauty, and rounds it out.  It's like adding color to television, it just makes it better to watch, and much more fun.