25 Songs, 25 Days - Day 9: A Song That Makes You Hopeful

This is a song that I've just recently discovered, appropriately named High Hopes. I sometimes put on Spotify radio and just play random songs, which is a good way to sometimes find new music. As soon as the horns blare in on that first note I knew I was in for a treat. This song couldn't have come at a better time as well. Lately life has been really looking down, but I knew that I shouldn't complain. I have a job that pays well, a house, a loving husband, but things are always bringing me down. My job gets on my nerves, most of the time I'm made to feel incompetent, my house has had issues since we moved in with sewer backing up and breaking and trees falling down, and all of this puts stress on my relationship with my husband. I think the hardest part sometimes for me is to remain hopeful when things have been bad for so long that you don't think you deserve to be happy.

This is something that I've struggled with in the past, and is a benchmark for anyone with anxiety and/or depression. When things always seem like they are falling apart and Murphy's law is working against you, often it feels like you don't deserve good things happening. Recently something really wonderful happened in my life, and I was given an opportunity that I knew I shouldn't pass up. Even though this was a dream come true, I was still trying to justify why I shouldn't take the opportunity, that I had other obligations that were more important. It took some friends, and my husband of course, to convince me that sometimes you have to take care of yourself.

Back to the subject of this post, the lyrics sum it up for me best:

Burn your biographies,
Rewrite your histories, 
Light up your wildest dreams

In summary, break the mold! Have hope that you can be that one in a million! In order for us to achieve greatness, we have to have hope in our hearts that we can do this, otherwise we are destined for a very mediocre, routine living.