{"id":2957,"date":"2016-09-18T16:30:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T20:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=2957"},"modified":"2016-09-18T14:41:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T18:41:40","slug":"sing-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2016\/09\/18\/sing-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Sing Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHe who sings scares away his woes.\u201d \u2015 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret I like to poke around the community gardens at the senior housing building where my mother lives.\u00a0 It\u2019s rich in soil, produce and wisdom.\u00a0 This is Amalia (not sure of the spelling), who I met enjoying the day in the gardens several months ago.<\/p>\n

\"amalia-20151\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Can I take your picture? Instead of saying yes she got up and posed near one of the planted areas.\u00a0 It\u2019s such a reflection of that generation that having one\u2019s picture taken means posing near just the right spot.\u00a0 I have dozens of them, mostly black and white that look just like this.<\/p>\n

Even with our language barrier we had a wonderful conversation about my mother and the lifestyles of the elders living in the building. Her advice to my mother was simple, sing every day.\u00a0 Singing she said does something healthy to the brain.\u00a0 She motioned that the energy travels up from your voice to your brain and fills it with something wonderful that travels back down and through your whole body.<\/p>\n

\"amalia-20155\"<\/a>\"amalia-20154\"<\/a>\"amalia-20152\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It can\u2019t help but make you happy every day.\u00a0 Her song was delightful, though I didn\u2019t know a word of it, and I could indeed feel it travel from her voice to my brain and through my whole body.\u00a0 I smiled all day. Thank you for that good advice, which I passed along to my mother and now to you.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd all meet in singing, which braids together the different knowings into a wide and subtle music, the music of living. \u201d \u2015 Alison Croggon<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

Sing<\/p>\n

Every<\/p>\n

Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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