Hallelujah

If you don't know me well.. I love to sing.
Usually in the comfort of my own shower, or when I am completely alone and no one else can hear me. But sometimes... rarely... lucky individuals get to hear my voice.
Up here at Tech, I have become an avid listener of Pandora. I typed in Jazz and let it take me to whatever. This song came on called Hallelujah. And then it came on again and again by different artists. And eventually I had to look up the lyrics and learn them forwards and backwards and had to learn how to sing it. So, needless to say I walk around campus and sing the lyrics and lose myself in the words. It is a beautiful song.

Well, the other day I was walking back alone from dinner and I heard the song being sung...beautifully. I was instantly drawn to the mysterious voice and searched everywhere for him. He was walking in front of me and he was completely lost in the music. I smiled, and when he got to the chorus I started to sing along, just loud enough for him to hear me. He was startled, he paused and looked at me. We both smiled and kept singing, and walking. When we started to part ways we just kept singing until we eventually couldn't hear each other anymore. It was one of the most amazing experiences ever. I don't know this kid, didn't catch his name, frankly I don't even know if he exists. But the fact of the matter was... I sang out loud in public, with a complete stranger. Amazing.

And now? Well, I can never stop singing. It's almost as good of therapy as writing is.

Reader: sing, dance, and laugh. Please, for the love of God enjoy every single second of life. Don't you waste a second thinking that you can't be happy. Sing to the world. Share your voice. Express yourself. Be afraid to blend in.

Musically Yours,

Barber

"There's a blaze of light in every word, it doesn't matter which you heard, the holy or the broken Hallelujah"