Unwritten By Natasha Bedfield Essay

With so many words that can potentially be said in one moment, sometimes we forget about the power that music has to express a feeling or describe an experience. The empathy in music helps us feel less alone and more understood. As I grow up and look into careers and life paths, music can be a powerful tool to help inspire me and grow as a person. Unwritten By Natasha Bedingfield is a song that I think does a great job in representing my eighth grade experiences. I've felt uncertainty about the future, lived my life to the fullest and made mistakes this year, these are all things mentioned in this song. This song illustrates many life lessons I have obtained throughout this year.

Career day. Leaving Minnesota. High

I have certainly tried to look at the good side of everything I encounter. This has led me to make new friends and experience new things. Additionally I’ve tried to get out of my comfort zone and try things that I usually would refrain from doing. “Drench yourself with words unspoken/Live your life with arms wide open” (Bedingfield). Natasha’s words portray the message that you should be open to new things and enjoy life.At the beginning of the year I’d waste my energy and time worrying over trivial things. Now I recognize that if I had tackled them with a better mindset, those things wouldn’t have affected me as much as they did. If you only focus on the bad aspects of situation, you’ll never fully enjoy life and make long lasting memories. My eighth grade experience has undoubtedly been a year where I’ve tried to do that to my full potential. I’ve improved my social skills, people skills and communication skills thanks all the new things I've encountered due to living my life “with arms wide open”. All the experiences I’ve gone through whether I liked them or not, have shaped me into the person I am now. They have helped me realize that a situation could be good or bad. I’ve learned it all depends on what your perspective is and if you go into it with an open