Sing A Song

I woke yesterday morning hearing a song in my head. Like a lot of people, I receive much of my guidance through music. (I assume it is because I love music so much, my guides have always known it was the best way to get through to me)  :-) 

What I heard was Karen Carpenter's voice . . . "Sing, sing a song, sing out loud, sing out strong, don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear, just sing, sing a song." I teared up because I have loved the Carpenters since I was a little girl and I was so happy to be getting the message from my guides in this particular way. 

Just as the thought entered my mind "I wonder if this is a message just for me or if it's for everyone" I heard the part of the song play in my head where the whole chorus joins her and everyone is singing the lyrics . . . Goosebumps ran up my arms and I could feel how powerful the message was. I knew I was supposed to share it in a blog post. 

Then the puzzle pieces began flying in rapid fire . . . my heart beat faster as I attempted to see and hold onto each one as it flew in.

I remembered the sense that kept coming to me the day before, that WE get to decide how quickly or slowly things unfold from here. This state of chaos and polarity and disharmony the world is in . . . it doesn't need to last forever if WE choose to shift it sooner. Then I heard:  

See with your heart

Hear with your heart

Act from your heart

With that came this "knowing" that by doing so, we could inspire even more people to do the same . . . and that THAT was what could help move us more quickly out of the state of chaos and disharmony and judgment that the world is in right now. 

Then I flashed on a memory from many years ago . . . I was walking along the beach looking for seaglass and I noticed a woman in front of me reaching down to pick things up every few feet. At first I thought she was seaglass hunting like me but soon I realized she was picking up garbage. I was really touched by what I saw her doing and from that day forward I always brought an extra bag with me so that when I walked the beach, I could look for seaglass AND pick up garbage too. 

After that, a memory from a couple years ago popped in . . . when I was picking up garbage on the beach and a gal walked up to me to thank me for what I was doing. She said "I feel guilty that I haven't been doing that. I think I will start doing it too" and I said "Please don't feel guilty, how do you think I got started? I saw someone else doing it." :-) We grinned at each other from ear to ear and then we spontaneously hugged each other. It was one of those awesome moments that had me smiling the whole rest of the day.

With that, another puzzle piece "clicked" - an additional vague thought that had run through my head several times the day before was "Maybe we also get to help decide how big of a wake-up call will be necessary to move things forward." (For those of you who are unfamiliar with what I am speaking of, there has been a lot of talk in the spiritual communities about there being a big "event" that might occur to "wake people up" to what is happening on our planet right now and that it could be something big and unsettling. I don't say that to scare anyone, because I have no idea if it's the truth, I'm just sharing what I have been hearing in recent years)

So back to us getting to decide how "big" that wake up call is . . . I am going to use an earthquake metaphor - not because I have a "knowing" about an earthquake in our future but because I grew up in California where earthquakes are so common that it's the first thing that came to mind. If an earthquake WAS needed to "shake things up" the feeling I was getting was that it wouldn't need to be a 10.0 earthquake that does a ton damage . . . that it could be a 3.5 earthquake that maybe rattles some nerves and knocks something off the shelf . . . that maybe WE get to determine the strength of the "wake up call" by our actions NOW. 

It feels to me like the more we SEE and HEAR and ACT from our HEARTS, the more gentle the "earthquake" will end up being. I will not profess to be "right" about this . . . merely sharing the feeling that kept coming to me and how it seemed to connect in with these puzzle pieces. 

And then the final piece clicked in . . . something that occurred on Sunday night. The beach town where I live has a huge firework show that occurs in October each year. It is put on by a local Foundation as a way to "give back to the community." In years past, I have written them, pleading that they find another way to "give back to the community" that didn't scare animals and veterans and people with PTSD and yet it made no difference. My German shepherd is so frightened of fireworks that I dread this event. I knew I needed to get him in the car before it started and drive as far away as I could so that he wouldn't hear them. All the while, I had to keep fighting the irritation that was creeping in and the urge to judge the Foundation who put this annual display on. I knew what I needed to do was just focus on what was in my control - which was getting my boy away from the noise. 

Once we were in the car and heading toward the freeway, I turned on the CD player to see what was in there and was very pleased to find that it was Eddie Money's first album. Given that he was my first rock star crush AND that he was a huge animal lover, I thought it seemed perfect to have him singing to us on our drive. I flipped back a few songs so that I could hear one of my favorites . . . in the chorus of the song Jealousys, he sings "Life on earth, take it for what it's worth, save the Universe, love one another." I felt so soothed to hear his voice and I knew those lyrics were exactly what I needed to hear. 

Fortunately for me, one of my kind neighbors texted me after the fireworks finale to let me know it was safe to drive back home and as I pulled off the freeway and turned into my neighborhood, Jealousys came on again. My first thought was "Wow, we drove for the duration of the entire album" but then I heard him sing "Save the Universe, love one another" and as goose bumps ran up my arms and my eyes filled with tears, I felt the magic of it all . . . I had no doubt the timing was divinely orchestrated. 

So, I am going to "Sing, sing a song, sing out loud, sing out strong!" and I'm not going to worry if it's good enough for anyone else to hear, I'm going to just sing . . . sing my song!! Maybe you will feel inspired to do the same. 

It still stuns me that Eddie was sharing such relevant and truth inspired wisdom over 40 years ago when that album came out . . . "Save the Universe, Love one another" . . .  but I sense it is truly a message for RIGHT NOW! If we enter each interaction we have seeing with our hearts and hearing with our hearts and acting from our hearts, maybe we'll get to shift our experience here on earth . . . to one that is a whole lot more peaceful and harmonious and a whole lot more fun! Maybe you will consider this as well. It certainly couldn't hurt to give it a try!