Fear Hates Vulnerability. Love Sings.
During a time when I was confronted with a lot of fear, I created a series of hand motion prayers (for my own use) to move from fear to Love.
Beloved,
You have a song to sing.
You do. You really do.
You know the one. It’s that one you’re afraid of still being in you when you die. Yet there are all these precursors you feel you need to accomplish in order to sing that song.
The right mood.
The right surroundings.
The right sound check.
Everything must be perfect.
Fear has convinced you that the only time to sing is when everything is perfect... as if the goal of a song was perfection.
Beloved, the goal of a song is not perfection.
The goal of a song is Love.
What does it mean to sing?
We’ve obviously been talking in metaphor, but seriously, what does it mean to sing? You must take air in your lungs and push it out through your larynx while controlling the pitch and wording with your mouth and tongue. But not only is it your body parts that are important, it’s your mind, heart, and invisible soul that make a song truly a great song.
Fear is convinced that the best way to deal with your vulnerabilities is through hiding them under the thick casing of perfection.
But Love has seen that the best way to deal with our vulnerabilities is to sing our song THROUGH them. Passing through your heartbreaks, doubts, passions, failures, secrets, off key pitches, and joys as well your unique physical makeup is what makes your song truly special.
You are the medium for your great song.
Fear wants you to wait for the right time to start.
Love wants you to just start singing.
