Singing It
Sometimes I find it easier to write a song
I’m an emotional person and sometimes I find it hard to get the words out. When friends are in difficulty, or when family members are going through hard times, I often find myself having conversations in my head, practising what I want to say, going over the words to get them right.
But when the time comes and I could offer that word of support or encouragement, I don’t know how to say it. My heart is reaching out and I want to be able to help so badly, but just find I can’t articulate it. I worry I may say the wrong thing and make matters worse.
I think that this may be one of the reasons I have loved song-writing so much. I can think about an issue or a person and craft words that I think may mean something and then set them to music. And if the words can’t say it, then maybe the music will speak for itself.
That’s what I’ve done this week after thinking about people I know that are really struggling with self-worth and feeling down because of it. An image came to mind and a phrase, and then I knew what to write.
It may not help anyone at all, and maybe the process is partly about me trying to understand what people are going through, but I hope it might help a bit.