DANEgerous

Call me old school, but I have a flair for the classics. My parents encouraged us to listen to the timeless tracks of different artists of their generation and undoubtedly, I grew up loving them. These are songs (which are my all-time favorites!) that will never get old; transcending time and representing love.

1. You Are Everything by Rod Stewart

2. Have I Told You Lately? by Rod Stewart

3. We All Fall In Love Sometimes by Elton John

4. All The Way by Celine Dion & Frank SInatra

5. Crazy by Kenny Rogers

6. Time After Time by Dinah Washington

7. Dream A Little Dream Of Me by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

8. La Vie En Rose by Louis Armstrong

9. Aubrey by Bread

10. Sometimes by The Carpenters

11. And I Love Her by The Beatles

12. I Saw Her Standing There by The Beatles

13. Love, Look What You’ve Done To Me by Boz Scaggs

14. A Certain Sadness by Astrud Gilberto 

I bet you did it again. 

I bet you scrolled through your feed, double tapped to your heart’s desire, and left feeling a bit…empty. 

You are here, they are there. 

This is your reality, and it is far from what you want it to be. 

How easy it is to forget to revel in the tiny, good things when you are constantly bombarded with the covetous, the grand, and the brilliant. How easy it is to forget reality when all you see are perfectly filtered and impeccably curated lives - a form of art in itself - through your phone’s glowing screen. 

If you forget, these are people too. They experience the same things as you - rejection, pain, heartbreak. They are as infinitesimal, as feeling as you. 

If you forget, your story is yours alone. You are too young to feel this empty. Do not waste your youth living another person’s life because you refuse to bask in the glory, the possibility of yours. 

Take all the time that you need. You do not need to carry the weight of the world. Do everything lightly, and you may just find yourself soaring.