When was the last time you sang?

When was the last time time you sang?

Question put to the sick by a Native American Medicine Man

Quoted by Mark Nepo in the Book of Awakening

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When was the last time you sang?

not a hymn

or a song for a chorale

or choir

but sang

joyously, freely

just for the hell of it

because your soul was so full

of joy

that you could not be silent?

When was the last time you laughed?

laughed at the absurdity of life

laughed for no reason

laughed until the tears ran down your face

and you snorted

ungracefully?

when was the last time you gave voice

to whatever was deep within you

when did you cry

from

the

heart?

there is healing

in that giving voice

in the laughter

the song

the cry

the whisper

so

sing

even if it feels

that no one hears

for no song

no cry

no laugh

goes unheard