According to an August 2011 article in Medical News Today, musical therapy can be used in combination with other treatments to treat depression. Why do I bring this up, you ask? Because I know it for a fact to be true. No matter how upset I am with the world, the right song can lift my spirits and make me instantly happy.
Whether it's a timeless classic such as "Love Train" by the O'Jays (don't laugh, it's a chipper song) or a recent fave such as "Telling the World" by Taio Cruz, whenever I hear certain songs, I am instantly snapped from a funk. This is important in stressful situations, such as traffic jams. When I am in the car, I have a tendency to swear like a sailor, blaze my horn, and my blood pressure rises significantly. Now matter how much time I have to get where I am going, people just piss me off. Until I throw in a good sing along jam.
I guess the point that I am making is that life is short, and there is no reason to sweat the small stuff. I mean, who wants to be on their deathbed thinking about all of the people that they flipped off on the freeway? I, for one, plan on being exhausted and looking back at all of my happy times. And I will most definitely be listening to "Love Train."
