My personal paraphrase of the saying, “music soothes the savage beast” is “music unlocks my hidden feelings.” I know it isn’t nearly as smooth but it is so true for me. I struggle with expressing emotion and even understanding what I am feeling (cough Enneagram 5 cough and thank you feelings wheel!). One of my seminary internship (CPE) supervisors gave me a book for during the internship called
When I used to be able to sing, Carrie Newcomber and I are in the same range. I can still hit the upper notes if I sing very softly. The lower notes are easy though. Listening to her brings tears to my eyes - just one more thing I've had to hand over. - Sigh.
Thanks for understanding. We all age differently. Aging is hard stuff. It gives me some empathy with those who don't or can't let go of their ancient ideas about gender, church stuff, food, you-name-it. Oldness asks us to examine our lives more than our hearts. Why beat your head against the wall? For me, its easier to give something up rather than spend the exasperating energy holding on to it. That is exhausting.
When I used to be able to sing, Carrie Newcomber and I are in the same range. I can still hit the upper notes if I sing very softly. The lower notes are easy though. Listening to her brings tears to my eyes - just one more thing I've had to hand over. - Sigh.
You’ve had a lot of those friend. Hard stuff.
Thanks for understanding. We all age differently. Aging is hard stuff. It gives me some empathy with those who don't or can't let go of their ancient ideas about gender, church stuff, food, you-name-it. Oldness asks us to examine our lives more than our hearts. Why beat your head against the wall? For me, its easier to give something up rather than spend the exasperating energy holding on to it. That is exhausting.
Blessings on your "handing over times" and all the emotions they contain!