Assignment 23 Caty Beth Gooding

1 Luck - American Authors  My favorite line in this song is repeated several times. "I am my own man, I make my own luck." It just really speaks to me because for the longest time I have felt like I was relying on other people to help me and get me through my life. When they say I make my own luck, it just reminds me that I can do many things by myself, and that luck is more of an internal motivation.

2 Hold On - Wilson Phillips  My mother and I went to see Bridesmaids one day when I had a sinus infection freshman year, and Wilson Phillips was in that movie. The next year, I had mono and was really struggling  with getting through the year. My mom would sing hold on for one more day to me whenever I was having a particularly rough day, and that would make me at least laugh, and now it reminds me that I made it through mono, and now I can make it through lots of things.

3 Tell Me - Pulse  My brother's band wrote this song, and it really makes me remember that I am in control of myself and I can't let other people tell me how to run my life.

4 Your Grace is Enough - Matt Maher  My faith is an important factor in my life and I think Matt Maher is my favorite artist in the christian genre of music. I went to see him in concert during a convention for youth, and he told us a story about how he was struggling with something in his life and he wrote this song to help him remember that God will help you get through it. I like this song because it reminds me the same thing.

5 Demons - Imagine Dragons  This song tells me that we all have demons that we live with. While I may have suffered something that I thought was horrible, there is someone out there who has endured more than I have, and suffered the same amount. There are also going to be people who haven't endured as much as I have, but they have suffered the same amount. We all face our own battles. This motivates me because it reminds me I have already beaten my demons once, I can do it again.