Sing Your Own Song

Sing Your Own Song--


The morning is beautiful.  Cloudy just enough to make the greens vibrant.  A few roses are blooming.  Birds are chattering away about what only birds know.  A few ground squirrels are skittering here and there.  Grass is wet from a shower.  Weeds are sure they are plants that I truly love and want in my gardens.  They can live a bit longer.

A wild turkey visits the bird feeders everyday eating the seeds that are scattered by the birds.  Wild turkeys are quite large.  When it has finished with its meal, it returns to the woods.  Guess we are the restaurant.

Sometimes I don't take time to really look at nature and life.  The interesting thing is it happens whether I am watchful or not.  Time simply moves on to the next moment, the next day.  While I am busy with whatever, life is lived.  My dad told me once that while he was so busy trying to make a living, he never saw the flowers that bloomed along the roadway.  He said beauty was always there, but he never took even a moment to observe it.

We all understand that, don't we?  Houses need to be cleaned, laundry done, lawns tended--all significant things in life.  Children need our care and love.  Committees demand our time. Jobs that we are so grateful to have require our full attention.  Our moments are eaten up with activities that are good.  Certainly we don't want a dirty house or piles of laundry.  Nor do we want our lawns to be overgrown.  We desire to be good stewards of the blessings of our lives. Yet, we go from one activity to another feeling worn down by life. We complain about all the items on our plate.  But, we know that deep inside, we love all the hustle and bustle.  It makes us feel alive.

The rhythm of life keeps the music flowing.   That song we sing each day is the song of our life.  It tells our story.  When a friend asks what is happening in our world, we sing that song to them.  We invite them into our song.  We may even add a verse for them.  The song we sing has many verses.  Some are delightful.  Others tender.  But, as long as we are alive, we continue singing our song.

Take a few moments to sing your song today.  Let your heart fill with gratitude.  Allow your life to be touched by a person, an experience.  Open yourself to whatever happens to enter your private space.

Sing your song proudly!