I’d like to share a story with you about the transformative power of words and music. Over twenty years ago I met a woman with a remarkable story. She had married young, but not well. In her unhappy marriage she dealt with addictions, poverty and hopelessness. When I met her, we were both working for a large corporation \u2013 she as an assistant to a VP and I was a subcontractor brought in to do some database programming. We hit it off and became friends. In time she shared with me how she got out of the bad situation and released her own addictive behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the help of God and the power of words and music, she transformed her life. When she was in the middle of this bad situation, she started collecting uplifting words, phrases and quotes. She pasted these pieces of paper around her house. They were everywhere \u2013 on the walls, on her bathroom mirror, in her closet, on her coffee maker. She also began listening to more uplifting music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In time she reprogrammed her mind to think differently. As her thoughts changed, her life began to transform. She got out of the bad marriage, got a great job, and made a better life for herself and her children. She eventually went on to start a ministry to help people recover from sex addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is just one example of the power of words and music to transform a life. Recently, I went through Martina Muir\u2019s 2020 Guidebook<\/a> which helps you set a rich tone for your life. The guidebook culminates in having you create affirmations for your new year based on the exercises in the book. Last night I took my 2020 affirmations and set them to music. (If you’re interested, you can listen to that here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have been a collector of music my whole life, but especially in the past couple decades I have used words and music in conjunction with visualization to transform my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, I discovered the song, \u201cLove Don\u2019t Let Me Down\u201d<\/em> when my mother died, and I simultaneously went through an unexpected divorce. This morning, my husband came into my office while I was practicing the song and asked if he could sing it with me. After we sang it, I realized that perhaps I sang this sweet, crazy, fun and generous man into my life. And here he is singing the song with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n