I've never felt in touch with God; I've never had a sacramental moment. Though God has never played a particularly huge role in my life, I have had moments and experiences where I've felt spiritually and emotionally aware of everything around me, and felt totally in touch with my emotions and the truth surrounding them. These times, for me, come mostly from music, which I consider one of the most important influences on my life.
The pure art of melodic beauty that music exemplifies is the main reason I'm spiritually aware. Perhaps the greatest feeling in my life came during a time when one artist's musical abilities truly blew me away.
The night was January 17th, 2004. My brother was driving us to the Worcester Centrum, and the inexplicable anticipation was running high; my frozen body was all that could keep me from that concert. Watching hundreds of fans like me sporting Linkin Park t-shirts were running to the front doors, trying desperately to get close to the front of the line in order to get closer to the stage. My brother and I arrived at the front doors, waiting in the icy cold for nearly two hours with other frostbitten fans of the biggest rock band in the world. It was nearly 20 degrees outside, but nobody cared; they were here to see their idols, and nothing was going to deter them.
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