Mix Tape: I guess I'm the hero.

• I was taught to be aware of the things you can’t change, “So the water swept over the unfortunate pair, And the froggy cried out with the last of his air, He said “Why did you do it?, now you’re goin’ down too!”, Said the Scorpion “it’s my nature, that’s what scorpions do”” - Madeleine Peyroux, Shoulda Known
• I was taught to change the bad things that are capable of being changed, “A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air, The monkey thought that everything was on the square. The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back, The monkey grabbed his neck and said, “Now listen, Jack…”" - Robbie Williams, Straighten Up & Fly Right
• I was taught to charge forward into the world, unafraid, “Listen as your day unfolds, challenge what the future holds, Try and keep your head up to the sky. [..] Herald what your mother said, Read the books your father read.” - Des’ree – You Gotta Be

• And then I got married, “When everything is wrong I’ll come talk to you, You make things alright when I’m feeling blue [...] You’re my best friend, and I love you.” – Weezer, Best Friend
• And my siblings grew up unexpectedly wonderful, “Of course you’re special, And that’s why you’re different, And that’s why life is gonna notice you [...] And please, just remember, You’ve always got my undivided love” - Thirsty Merc, Undivided Love

• Then one day I was shattered, and broken from the inside. “Her bones will ache, Her mouth will shake, And as the passion dies, Her magic heart will break, She’ll fly to France, ‘Cause there’s no chance, no hope for Cinderella.  She lost her spark and what she’s pushing for, she can’t remember.  [...] She needs to heal.” – Come September, Natalie Imbruglia
• And I was angry and frightened for a long while, The trouble with being poor is not always wanting more, But keeping the things you have, And the things that have you– Oh, we are all alone in the end alone. Get Set Go – Trouble with Being Poor
• But I tried to put on a good show because that’s how you keep jobs and friends, Putting on the Ritz
• Then I got bored with wasting energy in my own mind because it was getting quite strange in there, “Sometimes I’m not really sure if I’m alive or not.  But I heard that that adhesive they put on the back of envelopes is made out of rabbit mucus.  And I read somewhere that if you rewire a garage door opener, you can open, like, anyone’s garage you want. It just seems like somebody should do something about that! Well it’s a long day in my mind again, and I’m trying to sleep.  I got a list of symptoms, I’m trying to make a disease”,  The Radishes: Long Day in My Mind
• So I started a blog to focus on the people who pulled me through, the simple teachings that kept me happy through the drama, and the fun side of my inner mind - “If life seems jolly rotten, There’s something you’ve forgotten and that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing. When you’re feeling in the dumps, don’t be silly chumps, just purse your lips and whistle – that’s the thing.  And…always look on the bright side of life… “Monty Python – Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

• I’m pretty sure tomorrow is going to be lovely.  “I see skies of blue, clouds of white, bright blessed days, dark sacred nights, and I think to myself, what a wonderful world!” Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World

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Daily Prompt: Put together a a musical playlist of songs that describe your life, including what you hope your future entails. : http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/daily-prompt-20/

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