I wanted to share something from my inbox ... Thank you Winged.
" Someone sent this to me and I found it a wonderful thing. Here is hoping that we each find our song, and that we have enough people who care about us that will sing it when we are in need. "
Finding Your Song
When a woman in one African tribe knows she is
pregnant, she goes out into the wilderness with a few
friends and together they pray and meditate until they
hear the song of the child. They recognize that every
soul has its own vibration that expresses its unique
flavor and purpose.
When the women attune to the song, they sing it out
loud. Then they return to the tribe and teach it to
everyone else.
And when children are born into the village, the
community gathers and sings their song, one unique
melody for each unique child. Later, when children
begin their education, the village gathers and chants
each child's song. They sing again when each child
passes into the initiation of adulthood, and at the
time of marriage.
Finally, when the soul is about to pass from this
world, the family and friends gather at the bedside,
as they did at birth, and they sing the person to the
next life.
In the African tribe there is one other occasion upon
which the Villagers sing to the child: If at any time
during a person's life, he or she commits a crime or
aberrant social act, that individual is called to
stand in the center of a circle formed by all members
of the tribe. And once again the villagers chant the
child's song.
The tribe recognizes that the proper correction for
antisocial behavior is not punishment, but love and
the remembrance of identity. When you recognize your
own song, you have no desire or need to do anything
that would hurt another.
A friend is someone who knows your song and sings it
to you when you have forgotten it. Those who love you
are not fooled by the mistakes you have made or the
dark images you hold about yourself. They remember
your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when
you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty;
and your purpose when you are confused
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