I Sing!

I didn't blog yesterday, so I'm going to blog twice today.  Don't judge me.  I may even set one of these blogs to publish under yesterday's date because I'm obsessive compulsive.  Who knows?  I'm just spontaneous like that! Anyways, here we go.

I sing.  Very basic statement, but it's true:  I sing.  And so should you.  I was walking through Providence today listening to my iPod (Thanks little Brother!) and as my ears are being filled with the sounds of Jay Brannan, Rascal Flatts, Adele, VV Brown, and the cast of Next To Normal, I was submerged in the desire to burst out and sing.  Then I thought..."you know what?  Why not?  Do it!"  So I'm walking and I start singing...extremely quietly...I stop.

That sucks!  Why is it that we are somehow stopped from doing the things we want to do simply because they are not commonly accepted by other people?  If I want to burst out in song, I should be able to do it.  If I want to do a tap number at the bus station, dammit I should!  If more people sang while walking, the world would be such a more beautiful place.  Even if they don't sing well!  Who cares?!  I don't expect you to belt and riff Defying Gravity while walking down Atwell's Avenue, but what is the worst that could come of trying it out?  So what if you don't sound great, people will definitely join in with you if they know the song.  Who knows, you might even come up with some really hot harmonies.

We sing when we are filled with so much energy that speaking alone just won't cut it.  And we dance when even that doesn't work.  So embrace the energies within your body, harness them.  You could become the next star if you just gave it a whirl, what could it hurt?  There is art in each and every one of us, that's a gift we get for being human.  We have the ability to create art...  Isn't that something worth exploring?

So I say, Do it!  I'll quote Nike:  Just do it!  Get it?  DO IT!