Yea, I like to rock out in my truck

Picture yourself pulling up to a stop light on a typical day and you look at the car next to you and see a girl rocking out in her little gray pick-up truck singing along to the blaring music. She's having a good time and doesn't have a care in the world for you as you look at her with a strange gaze...that girl is me. Yes, that's right I am the girl that everyone makes fun of at the stop lights, and I love it! I love the fact that whether I'm by myself or with my friends, I can still sing along with some of my favorite music and drive away with my pride fully intact.
I never really realized just how much music can effect one's attitude until I started to look at my collection of burnt CD's (shh! Don't tell!!). I have a different CD for nearly every emotion I could go through. There is the "Inspirational" CD with my personal favorite for the day Bethany Dillon, "My Girly, Anti-Boy" CD with lots of TLC ("No Scrubs"...need I say more?), "Driving Down a Dirt Road" CD for the country girl inside of me, "Love Songs and Acoustics" CD with several songs from the amazing John Mayer and bands like Maroon 5 and Dave Matthews, as well as my "Ghetto Hits" CD that makes me think I'm a tough girl but deep down inside I know I'm not. And the CD that's currently in my player is one that recently made up that has everything from NSYNC to the Spice Girls that I entitled the "Back in the Day" CD with all of the classics of an elementary school student of the 90's.
Try something for me, ladies, play a Kelly Clarkson song and try telling me that you didn't think of a boy that you wanted to yell "Since You've Been Gone" to and guys, play a Metallica song in your car and tell me that you don't start to act like you're a part of the band and your steering wheel has become your drum set.
That's what I thought, you feel empowered and invincible with some music. Or when a Coldplay song comes on the radio, a sudden calm overpowers you and you feel like a collected, mellow person. Or on the other hand, when you hear a song like "Imagine" by Mercyme, you envision yourself in God's mighty presence and can't help but feel overcome with a sense of peace and at the same time a bit of excitement for an amazing future with the Lord.
Music effects us. Music effects us on our way to work or school. It effects us sitting in our rooms unsure of how to feel. And it effects us even when we're sitting at our desks, staring at a blank computer screen, unsure of what to blog about until a song comes on that makes you wonder why you feel the way you do.