my safe place is the infinite and indescribable world of music. unlike my reality, music never fails to comfort me. i love when music reveals itself to me in an entirely new way, bringing me joy in the midst of this broken, dark world. i drown myself in the words, rhythms and melodies of people who are able to express what is going on inside of them. i allow myself to get carried away by the artist's emotions and experience because for that moment, i am free from the responsibilities and realities of my life.
often times, i am jealous of musicians because they are able to identify the emotions, confusion and madness that is going on inside of themselves. even though nothing much changes for them in respect to the circumstances they are in, for the period of time that they are singing, their mind is allowed to run away and rest in their safe place. i am thankful for these artists for allowing me to run away and rest with them.
recently, all the songs i've been listening to contain the word hallelujah. something about that word comforts me more than any other word. after looking up the definition, i understood why. hallelujah means praise God. truly, God is the greatest comforter one could ever have and that is definitely worth all my praise.
