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i am currently reading the book Sunshine by Elaine Cannon. i have had the book for years...and have tried to read it on numerous occasions. i guess i was never in the right frame of mind (or something?) because i don't even think i ever made it through the second chapter. i find that very disappointing now. i absolutely LOVE this book. i cannot even explain it. ah, so i won't try or else i'd sit here staring blankly at the screen too long and not getting anywhere! *smile*

but the chapter i just got done reading was called "There is music in my soul today" ( the book is pretty much based on the hymn "There is Sunshine in My Soul Today") this chapter especially spoke to me. music is something very special to me and always has. i grew up in a very musically inclined family...including both my mother and father. and i want to specifically thank them for encouraging music in our home. (even though we have been accused of spontaneously bursting forth into song like a musical..and yes...it DOES happen ) i LOVE it! do you have any idea of the POWER of music??! i sure do. what can change a mood faster than a song...for the good or bad. it can change the whole atmosphere. i mean think of it...imagine a suspenseful, scary movie....say there was someone in a dark house that was dangerous and the owner of the house senses the intruder's presence and is terrified...what type of music do you think you would hear?? of course it would be the same type of suspenseful spine tingling music that you would expect...now what would happen if suddenly you heard say, circus type music...it would kinda kill the mood don't you think?! *chuckle* that would be amusing wouldn't it??

so where am i going with this?? well i'm just saying music OBVIOUSLY has an effect on things. yeah, and i always knew that. i know how important it is to listen to good, uplifting music too. especially with young, impressionable children around. before i had kids i would avoid "bad" music...but now, i'm a lot more AWARE of the music i listen to and what is in it and what's said. children pick up on things you don't think they are even paying attention to. i have a Josh Groban cd that i absolutely love and i like to listen to it when i drive. well one day our little family was all in the car that i mainly drive and my cd was in the cd player. my husband started flipping through the songs looking for one in particular. as he was flipping through i was trying to help him by telling him what songs they were. he got to #12 and the music started and i said "oh, that's 'You Raise Me Up'". and suddenly my daughter who was just 2 at the time started belting some of the words to the song. "you raaaaise meee uuuuup...". i about fell over! i mean i do listen to it often enough...but she sings with the radio and never showed any interest in that particular song...and yet, she did indeed in fact know the words and the tune. it really made me stop and think about what we listen to....no i'm not saying there is anything wrong with that song...not at all! but i do enjoy popular music too.....i guess i need to be more careful huh? i don't even want to imagine her repeating some of the filthy, profane, and suggestive lyrics that are sung so thoughtlessly by many of the most popular people in the music industry.
(no, i do not listen to those songs but i do know of them)

yes, there are good songs out there that are clean...and popular today! i'm not saying there's not! but this is all i'm gonna say on the matter!