Today's Gift for Families - April 2014

[MajestyJo]

Thursday, April 17, 2014

You are reading from the book Today's Gift

If your heart catches in your throat, ask a bird how she sings.

—Cooper Edens

The idea of your heart getting caught in your throat and then asking a bird how she sings may seem silly. It is, but being silly is sometimes exactly what we need. Instead of always trying to figure out the lumps in our throats, we can learn how to sing with them.

Birds sing all day. Their songs are lighthearted and playful. And they bring us color along with their songs. We have all stopped to notice a special bird outside the window. A bird song can be a lullaby. It can be laughter. We need these things in our lives, too. By playing and laughing, we change the lumps in our throats to songs.

What sadness can I turn into song today?

This really spoke to me. Lately, I have been losing my voice several times a day, and never associated it with sadness. I have seen it as words that haven't been expressed, words that have been suppressed, because they were better left unsaid. When I don''t get out much, and I am isolated, my vocal chords aren't used very often. My fingers do my talking in today.