"The ability to adapt is everything!"
Denis Waitley
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Singing Is...
2005 Julie Jordan Scott
"Singing is like praying twice"
The "Real" Maria Von Trapp
There is something sacred in experiencing the lush sweetness of a heart-filled voice traveling up and down a string of pearl-like-notes, simultaneously filling the body and being birthed from the body.
When we sing, we take the words and notes of a scribe and fill the words with our soul..
Maria Von Trapp got it right. Singing IS like praying twice.
It is like communion, it is like love-making, it is like a couple, dancing across the stage as they effortlessly connect on a soul level. Singing is like the delicate awakening of chiarascuoro of the heart.
Yes, "Singing is like praying twice."
When we sing we breathe in, deeply - and when we are conscious singers - our breath is deliberate, treated with utmost care. What happens to your body when you take a deep breath?
It expands - it fills - it signifies plenty.
As the singer, you can do anything you want with your song - you can make it loud and intense or make your song small and equally intense.. You can make it more airy and filled with pockets of breath or you can fill it with your very essence so that its punch is more powerful than steel.
You may choose to sing-pray when you are delighted and you may choose to sing-pray when you are devastated. You may sing-pray as a beginning or invocation and you may sing-pray as a moment of closure or benediction.
I remember reading of famed opera singer Maria Callas who shared that we sing when words alone, without music, can't communicate meaning adequately. It needs to be amplified - which is what happens when we sing-pray.
Yes, Yes, Yes.
"Singing is like praying twice"
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"You can't think your way into acting positively, but you can act your way into thinking positively."
Nido Qubein
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Needless needs
You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain, by making the most of this moment. If you feel any fear or apprehension, learn what it has to teach you and then move on beyond it. Much of what holds you back is based on your fear of losing something or your desire to acquire something you do not really need. Let go of your need to need so much, and abundance will flow in to fill the space those needs are now using.
The needs you've devised for yourself can be very comfortable. And yet their comfort keeps you confined in a narrow, limited corner of life.
Choose to break free of the needs that you don't really need. Choose to let go of the cravings, obsessions, habits, worries and anxieties that do nothing but hold you back.
Remember that you're capable of quickly learning, adapting and thriving in new and different situations. There is a world of boundless opportunity just a few steps outside your comfort zone.
When you find yourself feeling that you need something, stop, step back and ask yourself if you really do. The more of those needless needs you can leave behind, the faster ahead you will go.
Ralph Marston
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"Children have more need of models than of critics."
Carolyn Coats
Denis Waitley
***********************************************
Singing Is...
2005 Julie Jordan Scott
"Singing is like praying twice"
The "Real" Maria Von Trapp
There is something sacred in experiencing the lush sweetness of a heart-filled voice traveling up and down a string of pearl-like-notes, simultaneously filling the body and being birthed from the body.
When we sing, we take the words and notes of a scribe and fill the words with our soul..
Maria Von Trapp got it right. Singing IS like praying twice.
It is like communion, it is like love-making, it is like a couple, dancing across the stage as they effortlessly connect on a soul level. Singing is like the delicate awakening of chiarascuoro of the heart.
Yes, "Singing is like praying twice."
When we sing we breathe in, deeply - and when we are conscious singers - our breath is deliberate, treated with utmost care. What happens to your body when you take a deep breath?
It expands - it fills - it signifies plenty.
As the singer, you can do anything you want with your song - you can make it loud and intense or make your song small and equally intense.. You can make it more airy and filled with pockets of breath or you can fill it with your very essence so that its punch is more powerful than steel.
You may choose to sing-pray when you are delighted and you may choose to sing-pray when you are devastated. You may sing-pray as a beginning or invocation and you may sing-pray as a moment of closure or benediction.
I remember reading of famed opera singer Maria Callas who shared that we sing when words alone, without music, can't communicate meaning adequately. It needs to be amplified - which is what happens when we sing-pray.
Yes, Yes, Yes.
"Singing is like praying twice"
***********************************************
"You can't think your way into acting positively, but you can act your way into thinking positively."
Nido Qubein
************************************************
Needless needs
You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain, by making the most of this moment. If you feel any fear or apprehension, learn what it has to teach you and then move on beyond it. Much of what holds you back is based on your fear of losing something or your desire to acquire something you do not really need. Let go of your need to need so much, and abundance will flow in to fill the space those needs are now using.
The needs you've devised for yourself can be very comfortable. And yet their comfort keeps you confined in a narrow, limited corner of life.
Choose to break free of the needs that you don't really need. Choose to let go of the cravings, obsessions, habits, worries and anxieties that do nothing but hold you back.
Remember that you're capable of quickly learning, adapting and thriving in new and different situations. There is a world of boundless opportunity just a few steps outside your comfort zone.
When you find yourself feeling that you need something, stop, step back and ask yourself if you really do. The more of those needless needs you can leave behind, the faster ahead you will go.
Ralph Marston
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"Children have more need of models than of critics."
Carolyn Coats
