The Music Between Waves
“Music doesn’t change who we are. Sometimes it simply helps us find the rhythm of who we already are.”
Today, I found myself staring at a project I wanted to finish, yet hours had passed and very little had been done. The tools were there. The intention was there. The time was there.
What was missing?
As I sat reflecting, I realized I wasn’t thinking about the project anymore. I was thinking about music.
Music has always been more than background noise. It has the power to calm, inspire, energize, and sometimes even transport us somewhere we didn’t expect to go.
A song can bring back a memory you haven’t visited in years. A rhythm can make you want to move. A melody can quiet the noise in your mind.
It made me wonder: do we choose music based on how we feel, or does music help shape how we feel?
When we’re sad, do we reach for songs that understand our sadness? Or do we search for something uplifting that helps us move beyond it?
Maybe the answer is both.
Sometimes music is a mirror, reflecting exactly where we are.
Other times, it becomes a bridge, helping us cross into a different state of mind.
The more I thought about it, the more I realized that music doesn’t necessarily transform us into someone new. Instead, it helps us access different parts of ourselves. The reflective part. The joyful part. The creative part. The courageous part.
Like waves, our moods are constantly changing. We are not meant to stay in one emotional state forever. We move between calm waters and storms, between stillness and movement, between reflection and action.
Music often becomes the current that helps us navigate those shifts.
Maybe that’s why my playlists make no sense on paper. Colombian vallenato, cumbia, country, classical piano, gospel, meditation music, disco, romantic ballads, and everything in between.
To some people, it may look like a random collection.
To me, it’s a map.
Each style represents a different current, a different feeling, a different version of myself.
And perhaps the goal isn’t to find one type of music that defines us.
Perhaps the goal is to recognize that every note, every rhythm, every season of sound is part of the same symphony.
Just like every wave is part of the same ocean.
Maybe Wave 40 is about realizing that music isn’t just something we listen to. It’s something we travel through. Sometimes it reflects where we are. Sometimes it helps carry us somewhere new. And sometimes the right song doesn’t change who we are—it simply helps us find our way back to ourselves.
– TodayWaves
What role does music play in your life? Do you choose songs that match your mood, or songs that help you create a new one?
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