4/13/2024 0 Comments Carrie underwood naked sexThere is a sort of invisible blanket between the world and me. I keep on swallowing. At other times it feels like being mildly drunk, or concussed. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. Lewis writes: ‘No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. To someone in the depths of a dark situation, no matter how naturally optimistic they may consider themselves, hearing snappy mantras telling you that you can just change your mood if only you want it enough, grates like hell. (I prefer the phrase, from I Capture the Castle, ‘consciously naive’, myself, for reasons that will become clear later.) Recently, though, I’ve been challenged by the experiences of dad’s cancer and the hormonal ups and downs of sleep deprivation and having a new baby to rethink what all those inspirational quotes I usually love so much mean when they say things like ‘Choose Joy!’. I have always considered myself a ‘glasses half full’ kind of person, and have often been gently (and sometimes not so gently) mocked by people who consider themselves to be more of the ‘worldly-wise’ mould for being what they think of as naive. If we believe that these things are attributes, fixed, inflexible traits that are inherent to who we are, we can feel either trapped in cycles of negativity, or floored by the experience of pain and depression when it hits us unexpectedly. You might be more disposed to one or the other mindset, and life and circumstance might have taught you to be more one than the other, but while we are all very keen to label ourselves and others as either a cynic or a Pollyanna, a pessimist or an optimist, I think we have to be careful not to be limited by these labels. Similarly, I don’t think people are born with either cynical or trusting natures. I think the whole wonder of it is that you can live fearlessly in spite of fear as John Wayne put it, ‘Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.’ If it was just a quality you were either born with or not, there wouldn’t be anything very empowering about it. Some Hearts was named the number-one country album of the 2000s by Billboard and she was the top-ranked female artist on Billboard's Best Country Artists of the 2000s list.People often think that ‘fearlessness’ means not being afraid of anything, but I don’t think that’s true. She is the Top Country Artist of all-time on the RIAA's Digital Singles ranking and the biggest American Idol earner of all time. Recognized by Rolling Stone as the female vocalist of her generation in any genre, by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world and by Billboard as Country Music's reigning Queen, Underwood is the only solo country artist in the 2000s to have a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, the first and only country artist ever to debut at number one on the Hot 100 and, with 15 number-ones, the woman with the most number-one hits in history of the Billboard Country Airplay chart. She has sold more than 65 million records worldwide. Her fifth album, Storyteller (2015), made her the only country artist to have all first five studio albums reach either numbers one or two on the Billboard 200. Her first compilation album (2014) was a chart and sales success and earned her a Grammy Award. Underwood's fourth album, Blown Away (2012), earned her a Grammy Award and was that year's second best-selling release by a female artist. Her next album, 2009's Play On, was a commercial success led by the single "Cowboy Casanova". Released in 2007, her second album, Carnival Ride, had one of the biggest ever opening weeks by a female artist and earned Underwood two Grammy Awards. Underwood won three Grammy Awards for the album, including Best New Artist. Bolstered by the huge crossover success of the singles "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats", it became the fastest selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history, the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history and the best-selling country album of the last ten years. Her debut album, Some Hearts, was released in 2005. She has won numerous music awards, including 7 Grammy Awards, 17 Billboard Music Awards, 12 Academy of Country Music Awards and 9 American Music Awards. Her achievements led her to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008 and into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol in 2005, and has since become one of the most successful artists in any musical genre. Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American country singer, songwriter and actress.
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