I love music. All kinds! Pair that up with mowing the grass and you just might get a post. 🤪 Here goes!

As I was mowing the grass this morning, my playlist brought up the song “Grateful” by Official Hezekiah Walker. There is something special about a Gospel choir. One voice is beautiful. But when all the parts come in together? POWER. 💥

As I mowed, that four (or ten, it seemed) part harmony kicked in. In the middle of a humid and hot Alabama morning, I got chills all over my body.

Isn’t harmony beautiful?

If you don’t really get it, just think of the opposite. I learned from the best choir teacher, Carol Baggett, at Westlawn Middle School. I can remember the alto part of “Blue Jeans.” (Any of my Westlawn choir friends out there?) You may not notice the beauty of the harmony until you have just that one voice that gets off key. (To be fair, I’ve been that person before. 😬) Then, no matter how pretty the other music is…..you can only zone in on the one off-key voice.

One.

That’s all it takes.

Maybe you’ve never been a part of a choir and music doesn’t move you like that, but you know what disharmony feels like in your home. In your workplace. In your friendships. It’s hard and it’s yucky and, left unaddressed, will invite other “choir members” to join the off key song.

How’s your harmony, my friends?
How is it at home?
With your spouse?
With your kids?
With your co-workers?
With your friends?
With your neighbors?
With your church members?

Harmony is powerful.
It’s beautiful.
It moves and inspires.

Your voice is needed in the choir. Is there any place where you’re off key?

Time to get back to mowing, so thanks for reading today. Keep singing!

#BetterTogether