Have you ever been inspired by a song so much that you make it a theme in your life?

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I try to use Bon Jovi's philosophy , in their song, "Have a Nice Day". Basically, when you disagree with someone, agree to disagree and move on. When I was initially diagnoised with Early Onset Alzheimers, I found myself dwelling on it, letting it consume my life. That New Year's Eve, I was working and I dreaded it. I finally decided, "hell with this" and choose to use Rob Thomas' song "Someday" as my personal anthem. Some of the chorus reads, "maybe someday we'll live our lives outloud". I decided to live my life outloud and enjoy the time that I had left. Fortunately, my diagnosis was downgraded to "Cerebral Athrophy", a generic label acknowledging that my brain was shrinking but they didn't know why. Luckily, the athrophy has slowed down. I still suffer from excruciating headaches, but am working with my neurologist to try to reduce the frequency and intensity of them.