There are so many things I have learned because I am a singer. I have often said that my deep faith came from living a life with so much uncertainty. I had to learn to trust. Then there is the art of interpretation. How many different ways can you see?
Allow me to offer an example. In the earlier part of my career as a standards singer, I could not bring myself to sing Don’t go to strangers. The lyric goes like this: “Live your dreams to the sky above, but when you need someone true to love, don’t go to strangers, Darling come to me.” When I was younger, I looked at those words and thought that the person singing them was somewhat pathetic and deep in the victim mode. Drama with a hefty helping of self-loathing. “I can’t sing that!” I would say to myself. But as time passed and life evolved, I discovered a whole different perspective. A woman who is self assured and confident of where she stands can tell her man, “Go ahead and run after your dreams. My love and support for you is unwavering. You can count on me to be here.” That song became one of my favorite standards to sing. So what changed? Did the song change? No. I changed. I matured and evolved. Our expression and our interpretation is inevitably a reflection of who we are. In the beginning I could not sing that song from a pathetic place because I was not there. I also could not sing that song from a rock solid confident place. I had to I get there myself first.
In life we need to look at situations like we would a song: from every perspective possible. Ask yourself, “Is there more here? Am I right? Am I being reactive?” Leave your ego at the door, start there and let your exploration reveal something new about yourself.
Namaste!
Bianca
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