#India arie ready for love meaning tv#

Ready for love became like a gentle pleading, a gentle tug of you telling yourself I am ready for you to love me. My body was screaming for acceptance and I was giving nothing in return but loathing, a constant battle to tame it, and endlessly wishing I could trade it for somebody elseвЂ™s perfectly sculpted body. What? No way India! You mean I can love myself and not have to wait for someone elseвЂ™s permission? I can find value in myself without anyone else having to validate that love? Why didnвЂ™t I think of this sooner? Today this isnвЂ™t such a ground breaking concept to me but back then, India Arie gave me an opportunity for introspection. I cant tell where yours begins, I cant tell where mine.

Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin. Come back to earth and then we do it all again. Higher and higher finally we reach heaven. Every time I let you in, abracadabra magic happens as we swim. It was the first time I ever thought about having a love song from me, to me. Disoriented, I cant tell my up from down.

#India arie ready for love meaning tv#

Then one day, I saw India on TV and she said this was actually a love song to herself and it completely blew my mind. It spoke to my desperation, to how badly I wanted someone to love me, to validate me, and how I was willing to do nearly anything to be loved and вЂњif you give me half a chance IвЂ™ll prove this to you.вЂќ I heard this song and it immediately spoke to me but for the wrong reasons. The first time I heard this song, I was going through a breakup so I went to dig old India Arie albums to find a song to heal me (because IndiaвЂ™s voice has that superpower). If you have a song that inspires these feelings with you, share it in the comments so we can all have a dance/listening party for our self-celebration. Welcome to the latest addition to the blog, Music Mondays! Here, will be a collection of songs that inspire self-reflection in us, hopefully leading to self-love, self-compassion, and all around self-badassery.