MAKING NEW PATHS

Bible Verse: “For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland”. (Isaiah 43:19 N.L.T)

I am doing a new thing. I joined the choir three weeks ago and it is working out FINE. It turns out that singing in harmony is not so easy. You have to synchronize your breathing! This has enormous health benefits. I Googled it. I cannot describe it better than this:

“When you sing, musical vibrations move through you, altering your physical and emotional landscape. Group singing, for those who have done it, is the most exhilarating and transformative of all. It takes something incredibly intimate, a sound that begins inside you, shares it with a roomful of people and it comes back as something even more thrilling: harmony.

Science has been hard at work trying to explain why it has such a calming yet energizing effect on people. What researchers are beginning to discover is that singing is like an infusion of the perfect tranquilizer, the kind that both soothes your nerves and elevates your spirits. Singing enhances feelings of trust and bonding, which may explain why still more studies have found that singing lessens feelings of depression and loneliness.” Stacy Horn.

And when you explore new passions like this you meet new people and open out your world further. “Sometimes talking to a complete stranger, someone who doesn’t know anything about you... is EXACTLY what you need!”

Need I say more? Get on with a new thing!

“Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have”. Louis E. Boone