your daily rock : sing out!

September 6, 2013 in Daily Rock, General

I’m not a singer by any means.

But it feels so good to let loose.

So when Tess and I go on errands in the car, we sing. Loudly.

Sometimes it is a rousing and endless rendition of “She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes” in which we make up verses that reflect our day: “She’ll be wearing old man overalls when she comes!” “She’ll be eating long red Twizzlers when she comes!” “She’ll be watching Harry Potter when she comes!”

Sometimes it is a song we hear on the local country station, like the one that goes, “Chew tobacco, chew tobacco, chew tobacco, spit.” That makes her laugh every time.

The combination of hearing our voices out loud and the laughing that accompanies those voices is healing.

Sing out today. Let loose.

Love,

(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

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Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.