India.Arie Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship

So I thought I’d make my next blog about one of my all time favourite albums which is India.Arie Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship. This album helped me make a lot of realisations about my past relationships and after looking back and scrutinizing each decision I ever made able to see that in relationships Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go... and Lord knows I sure have given up on a lot of men over the past 2 yrs.... the first song on India’s Album is Intro:Loving and this song contains India singing and reciting a prayer asking ‘God grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change’ she also asks for courage and wisdom which are all essential ingredients in the recipe of love. This opening is very important in her album which flows soo softly... Ms.Arie adds a little something to her tracks with anecdotes from her love life. On the track “These Eyes”, Ms.Arie describes the hardships of having to walk away from love despite the truth she knows about the relationship... ‘These eyes never saw you leaving, This heart is in need of some healing, These arms are letting you go’ and I’m sure this is a feeling we have all encountered in relationships, where we’ve been left out in the rain thinking ‘what the hell just happened’... but one song on this album that captures the issues I face after ended relationships is ‘The Heart of the Matter’ which says ‘I got the call today, I didn't wanna hear, But I knew that it would come, An old true friend of ours was talking' on the phone, She said you found someone’... knowing that an ex has moved on before I have, really cuts me deep... I mean why why oh lord... I left him therefore he shall have no1 till I see it fit!.. it really makes me question the decision I made... if he was really as bad as I thought he was then why is some whore taking him on as her 100th partner! Ms.Arie however has a song that helps people like me overcome this obstacle as she entails on the track “Good Morning” singing “Good morning independence or is it loneliness? I know I said I wanted this but I have regrets.” The song is one of my favourite songs on the album as it is glaringly plucked from her personal life, it even features the scribbling of a pencil at the beginning of the track, which makes me the listener feel as if we were sitting in on a diary entry. She really has a way of making u feel that you’re not alone when it comes to heart ache and pain and that all the mixed emotions that sometimes drown us when bad things happen are completely normal and that they may not pass but we can learn to deal with them. And she helps us the listeners more in the song ‘Wings of Forgiveness’ where she puts a little perspective on forgiveness ‘If Nelson Mandela can forgive his oppressors surely I can forgive you for your passion, you’re only human’.. this song aroused my interest as she speaks of passion... at first I thought this she was talking about sexual passion where someone cheats but then I thought it may be passion as in him constantly arguing or passion as in putting his work before her... this song I guess is one that u can apply to suit your situation.But by the end of the album you will surely be overwhelmed by Ms.Arie’s honesty, both musically and personally. And like her previous album Testimony is for those who seek a motivational guide for living a conflict-free life. I feel that in Ms.Aries mind, life is about people expressing compassion for one another and resolving petty conflicts in order to gain self-love.

But all in all this album make me realise that ‘Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.’