Page 36 of The Matchmaker Club

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For Taylor - Mixtape #7: Eureka!

There are moments when a wave of inspiration will crash over you like a tidal wave. Something inside you will click, whether it is an idea or a solution to a problem. This is a Eureka! A moment, a divine gift, and a sign that you are on the right path. Follow your intuition, don’t deny it or question it. Everything happens for a reason, and you will find out that reason when the time is right, but you must have faith and trust the journey for now… even if you don’t yet understand it.

Love, Mom

The songs that sparked my creativity and inspired me:

Side A:

Ode to Joy - Beethoven

Dream On - Aerosmith

Heroes - David Bowie

Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty

Dancing in the Street - Martha and the Vandellas

Ray of Light - Madonna

Footloose - Kenny Loggins

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

Invincible - Pat Benatar

We Are the Champions - Queen

Side B:

We Got the Beat - The Go-Go’s

Don’t Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

That’s Life - Frank Sinatra

One - U2

Coming Out of the Dark - Gloria Estevan

I Can See Clearly Now - Jimmy Cliff

Higher - Creed

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

You Gotta Be - Des Ree

Imagine - John Lennon

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

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