“Never let someone else’s opinion become your truth.”
This phrase had eradicated my life since I first heard it. It sounds like nothing at first, but if you truly take the time to think about how OFTEN we do this, it will shock you, surely, as it shocked me.
We hear other people’s opinions about things day in and day out. “we should party hard tonight, we’re YOUNG!” “If she did that to you, you have a right to do that back to her.” “If you’re not taking this course you’re obviously not dedicated enough.”
Even if statements similar are not said in this way, the implications of them can be equally as clear. And so often this is a subconscious reality of letting other people determine the standards of right and wrong and all the gray in between.
People are quick to let music influence their opinions. If a song explains or reasons something copacetic with our circumstances, we, if we don’t stand on our own two feet, we will be quick to adapt their advice or perspective onto ourselves. Music is such a powerful tool and has an incredible capacity for persuasion.
That is why, personally, if I am angry, I do not allow myself to listen to angry music and stay that way, taking on the opinion of the music. You have to know yourself.
What do you all think maintains the most powerful tool of persuasion for our demographic? (18-24)
