Everyone has that one song.

Everyone has that song that can quiet their minds.  One that defines who they are, speaks to them on a level that's deep and personal.  Well I have one, too.  One that's extremely personal.  One that most definitely speaks to me.  One that can calm my nerves, quiet my mind, and make me weep like a child all at once.  Yeah, so it's as long as an episode of Glee, and it has no lyrics at all.  This song depicts my life as it was, as it is, and as it will be.  If you can feel the music, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.  It's Rachmaninoff's piano concerto No. 3.

Rachmaninoff, proofing copies. (1910)

Music is one of the joys I treasure in life.  Music is in my DNA, my body understands its language better than English.  Listen to a clip of Rachmaninoff himself playing his most famous piece (in 1939), and tell me you don't feel the pain wash away.