Aside from being an adventurer, I’m also an activist for causes I care about; people and music. Which is why my on-for-one business, Hold On Another Day means the world to me because it connects people and causes through music. Music for a cause. Empowering people through music. Giving people hope. In this case, hope comes in the form of a mixtape:
Songs For Project Believe In Me is designed as a support system for people suffering from mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, stress or suicide brought on by problems related to bullying.
So, yeah, that’s right – let’s prevent bullying by listening to positive music and sharing stories of overcoming bullies through lyrics.
And get this – for every CD sold, one will be donated to a youth counseling program in a high school or middle school where bullying is a prominent issue.
Each of these artists has a story and a message they want you to hear. They overcame bullying and they wrote these songs so you or your friend can overcome the struggle too.
Enough is enough – bullying should not be an issue in a school, at home, on the playground, in an office or anywhere for that matter. Let’s empower ourselves through music and give those suffering something to believe in – like these songs.
This begins the first series of music related posts. Nothing completes an adventure quite like that perfect song. Certain songs instantly take me back to certain moments from my travels, so I decided to share a few glimpses of those memories through a few songs that might help you create your own. If not, and if you don’t like my song selections, I hope those inspire you to think about what songs inspire your great adventures or remind you of them.
This is my travel song simply for the line “these are the places I will always go,” hence, the name of my blog. I remember packing up my Kelty in Ohio and looking at my bags, shaking with excitement for the three months of adventures awaiting me on the West Coast.
We do it over and over and over again
We do it over and over and over again
There had been too much repetition in my life. Years and years of school work and writing essays but for once, for one summer, I could do what I wanted and see the places I wanted to see. But this song doesn’t just have to be about my summer or my past travels – the places I will go are all over, and this song reminds me to keep going, over, and over, again.
I don’t want to run away, I don’t want to hide anywhere. I just want to see the mountains. And the rivers. And the trees grow toward the sky. And I found all of that, in the Santa Monica Mountains; the San Gabriels; in Muir Woods and in the Olympic National Park. This song reminds me of rivers, it reminds me of the long, winding road through the canyons outside Malibu. It reminds me of the view of the smog above Los Angeles when I flew in from the Midwest. But most of all, this song reminds me of all the places I went , returning to those places for new adventures and, of the places I still have yet to see. And maybe this reminds me a lot of Washington because The Head And The Heart is a Seattle band – or maybe it’s because the music guides my memories through the Hoh National Rainforest where tree tops became their own sky or where Lake Crescent seemed to be its own piece of heaven.
I am on my way
I am on my way back to where I started
But I hear this song and I think: I don’t want to live an ordinary life. That’s what makes this an extraordinary song for a great adventure.
Adventures of a Childlike Wonder 