My eyes are on the excessive street,
And my again’s going through the solar,
The darkish is comin’ and the daylight’s virtually gone
However a change is gonna come.
One thing’s on the horizon,
Yeah it’s beating like a drum,
I hear it comin’ and I do know it gained’t be lengthy
However a change is gonna come.
~Katie Pruitt, “Change is Gonna Come”
One of many qualities I like about music is its’ means to attach us in shared feelings. There’s no query that life will get tough typically. All of us expertise that in some unspecified time in the future, no matter our age or social standing or monetary wealth or geographic location. Grief, loss, despair, and tough adjustments discover us all anyway. That may appear very true firstly of a brand new yr. It’s the time after we’re wanting again over what’s occurred and contemplating how we’d like our lives to be completely different going ahead. What adjustments can we wish to make (spend extra time with pals, enhance our consuming and sleeping habits)? And what adjustments will naturally occur (like getting married or having a brand new child)?
This soulful, introspective track by Katie Pruitt sums up that life expertise. She sings about going via tough instances, being knocked down by individuals she thought she might rely on, and experiencing rejection. However via all of it she manages to carry on to the hope that sometime it’s going to change. That sometime her life would enhance. She doesn’t sing particularly about how she is aware of that, and even what adjustments she’s making. Solely that she is aware of issues will get higher.
So what can we do about it??
I feel we will all determine with these emotions—hopeless, depressed, rejected, betrayed, grieved. If we’ve lived various years, we’ve all skilled these feelings in some unspecified time in the future in time. How do you take care of them? What coping abilities do you utilize? And are they wholesome coping abilities? How do you handle and work towards resolving these emotions?
Katie Pruitt labored via these emotions by writing a track. Perhaps listening to music is a method you possibly can take care of tough emotions. Train is one other helpful possibility. Or journaling for those who get pleasure from writing out your ideas. Art work is one other wonderful method to assist take care of feelings. Speaking with family and friends can be useful. Discover coping abilities and retailers that give you the results you want! It’s necessary to handle and work via these emotions. And it’s necessary to search out some hope for the longer term, identical to the singer within the track.
Should you discover that you just’re not coping with your tough emotions in a wholesome method, otherwise you’d merely like knowledgeable’s assist in doing so, please give me a name. I’d be completely satisfied to speak with you about how music remedy will help!
~Stephanie Bolton, MA, MT-BC, FAMI