Sara+B.

Like Eyes to see into your Soul, Music is to see into your Heart. By: Sara

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Have you ever been sad and not sure how to cheer yourself up? I have. Some people just jump to a conclusion like “I’m becoming depressed and need medication to fix myself before I get worse!!” Well, I don't believe that statement is true for everyone. I know something that is just as good or better. That thing is music.

I used to be the kid who would go around all day laughing and smiling like almost everyone else or at least it looked like it on the outside. I was a sad middle schooler who would act like nothing was wrong all day. I would go home, if no one was there and I was having a bad day, I would go to my little room, sit in the corner and cry. Until I found my cure. Music. Music is more than just notes on a piece of sheet music, it’s a beat in your heart to brighten the things in your world.

I believe that music can heal. It may not help heal a cut bleeding a crimson line down your arm or leg but it can fix your state of mind and heart. If you hurt from being anything from dumped to just being depressed, put on a head set, forget your worries and zone out. I once came home crying after being turned down by someone I liked. I sat on the late bus and cried the entire ride home into a friend's shoulder, not sure what I was going to do. I wanted to curl up and die. I was thankful my parents were running late. I called up Bill, a friend of mine from another school, and he told me this, “Sara stop your damn crying and listen to me! All you need to do is find your Zune, lie down, and just forget about everything around you. Turn off your phone and just think. Music can make you feel better and realize things you didn’t know anything about, so go find a good song. I bet you I’m right. You’ll feel better trust me. Call me once your better.” Bill then hung up on me. At first I thought, //wow thanks a lot.// Even though I was mad, I did what he said. As I lay in my bed I slowly zoned out to the music, calming me and making me think. I went through my thoughts and remembered I had these mixed up feelings from long ago that I had just bundled up and locked away to deal with later. I thought to myself, //what are these feelings?// I put on the artist Tokio Hotel, singing along and cheering me up. W ith me, just thinking about how those songs and my bundled feelings connected. I made a big discovery that I had locked away for a while. I had been dating guys I really didn’t like, the guy I really liked was staring me right in the face. I called Bill back, of course he didn’t answer but I thanked him for the advice. M usic fixed my broken heart and helped me find the person who I really was out to look for but had pushed back the feelings for him for a few years.

Music helped me cheer up and look onto the brighter side of things. After that day I believed that music can cure your heart and open it up to a brighter future. I have had a lot of sad days similar to when my heart was broken. When those days come I just take a deep breath and put on my head phones.