I've been listening to music on my way to a night of rest. I realized what a precious gift I have received. I had the opportunity to sing with a group of people. We were all different people coming from different directions. Two of us started in 2000 then along came a moment when our next door neighbors joined us. Later on we were blessed when our last member invited himself to a rehearsal, The band was formed and we loved to play music. We were lucky enough to enjoy doing it for over twenty years.
We had a precious lead singer with the best natural singing voice I've ever heard. One of my absolute joys was to do a harmony line as she sang lead. It was a direct way to spiritually feed me. In the end I was blessed that we were so much more than our parts.
We played music we liked and when we got together and something special happened. Something magical happened and we discovered we were very good and we made beautiful music. We developed a avid following. It was a set of fans that were so avid that the band actually lost a monthly gig because our fans were so rowdy. We didn't mind the fans at the venue but it didn't work for the location.
we got to a point that we went into the recording studio and produced 2 CD's. It was magical.
So I spent some time tonight listening to some of the songs the band sang. But I listened to the original artists. It was amazing listening to Townes Van Zant, Nanci Griffith, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Patti Casey, and others. It reminded me of how precious points of our life are and how important it is to be conscious. It is so easy to miss those points.
Now I am blessed that the other singing group I was in has started back up and we are now performing. What a treat! It reminds me we always want to look and see the places we can be more of who we are. I never thought with my health challenges that I would be performing gigs at Northern California churches again, We have one scheduled for January and more to come.
This is what feeds me - as long as I continue self-care during the process. This means I check in a lot more about my physical condition and take steps to ground and balance and to rest when it is needed.
Thank you, sweet spirit, for this unforeseen opportunities. I am so aware of how special this is and this is another area in which I feel so blessed. Add to that I have the partner I have and I believe I have hit the casino jackpot.................
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