5 songs to move your soul

Music is such a powerful instrument. It has the ability to comfort, to encourage, to inspire, to empower. There are several songs I turn to depending on my mood. If I want to get out of a bad mood, if I want to have a pity party, if I want to get pumped up, if I want to just feel good. Here is a list of 5 songs I listen to to remind me that I am good enough. Each song has a different mood to it  and it song has powerful lyrics that seem to embrace the way my mind works. Have a listen, you might just find the song that fits for you.

1. Colbie Calliet "Try"

     With all this different realities of what we should be, Colbie Calliet reminds us that we don't have to Try. We do all this stuff to impress everyone else but "do you like you?" The thing that we lose sight of is what makes us happy. That should be our number one priority, making ourselves happy. Truth be told, you can't make anyone else happy unless you're truly happy. You also can't look to someone else to make you happy. The key to happiness is you.
Every single person you meet is going to want you to be a different person. It's very important for us to learn who we are and be that person. Too many of us lose sight of that and want to be the next Kylie Jenner or Kate Upton.
Take a listen if you want to hear stuff like:

"Wait a second,

Why should you care, what they think of you
When you're all alone, by yourself
Do you like you? Do you like you?

You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing"

2. Kacey Musgraves "Follow your arrow"

Kacey is such great songwriter. She takes the double standards we encounter everyday and says hey "you're damned if you do and damned if you don't so you might as well do whatever you want."  She tackles so many topics such as how we should act, who we should like, what we should believe in.
The thing about it is, there's only ever two outcomes... you do or you don't, so why not do what you want?
If you're feeling confused about which way to go, listen to Kacey and she'll make you care a little less about what everyone else thinks. She puts a rather comical spin on it and makes us realize how ridiculous society is. She makes us remember we only live once so we might as well live the life we want.
How can you go wrong with lyrics like:
"If you save yourself for marriage
You're a bore
If you don't save yourself for marriage
You're a whore-able person
If you won't have a drink
Then you're a prude
But they'll call you a drunk
As soon as you down the first one"

So have a listen and a laugh, or don't. It's up to you!

3. P!nk "Most Girls"

This is the independent women anthem! P!nk has so many strong songs but this one gets me pumped up. I love when this song pops on my playlist the last mile of my run. It gives me that extra burst I need to bring it home.
I look up to P!nk for so many reasons. She does her own thing and seems to not care what anyone thinks. She puts her haters in their place and does it with her head held high. She seems to laugh at the preconceived notions of what a woman should be. We all should take a page out of her book and just laugh. Instead of worrying about being what they want, ask "Can you be everything that I dream of?"
She reminds us with her lyrics that we don't need validation from anyone.
"But I'm not every girl and I don't need that world to validate me
Cuz shorty's got a job, shorty's got a car, shorty can pay her own rent
Don't wanna dance if it is not in my heart"

4. The Wreckers "Stand Still and Look Pretty"

 I find this song so so powerful. It's where I find my strength in my weakness. This song is the song I listen to when I need a good cry. When I want to feel not so alone. It reminds me that it could be worse but at the same time it empathizes with the times I beat myself up.
We all have that vulnerable moment where we doubt ourselves. This song puts into words my weakest moments. This is the song about what happens when you try to be everything to everyone. This song is downright depressing but just like a great sad movie, we all need that great sad song.
The wreckers lay out lyrics that pull at my deep dark heart strings, they had the guts to put on paper everything I was terrified to admit.
"I am slowly falling apart 
I wish you'd take a walk in my shoes for a start
You might think it's easy being me
You just stand still, look pretty"
DISCLAIMER: You may shed a tear and you may hit repeat just to make yourself feel not so alone

5. Katy Perry "Part of Me"

I have blasted this song in the car so many times for so many different occasions. Katy Perry, oh Katy Perry. She reminds me that no matter what people have done to me, there is always that part of me that you can never take away. We all let things get to us and this is the song we need to remind us that while it may hurt, you still have you, and you will rebound ten times stronger.
She reminds us that we have to keep moving forward, that was then and this is now... we have to grow from every life lesson learned.
She sets it straight, you can knock me down but I'm getting right back up.
"I fell deep, you let me down
But that was then and this is now
Now look at me

[Chorus]

Now look at me I’m sparkling
A firework, a dancing flame
You won't ever put me out again
I’m glowin’, oh, whoa"