Original posting 08\/28\/2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve been doing some writing (not handwriting, that would be unreadable) in the months since I retired from the pastorate of the church and moved from Florida to our farm in NC. I have three things in the works. My right hand just went wild trembling at the thought of not having finished or accomplished any of the three works. My rational side reminds me that writing is a process and that this is not the sum of my life. My irrational side insists that this is yet another fine example of poorly laid plans poorly executed that will be the summation of my less than stellar life. Of course, there is no evidence of the latter, just my long and precious companion; the fear of being less than. This writing is the fourth that is being generated by yours truly. I pray that this, like the others, will be yet another means of self expression, meaningful not only to me but also to others. In the end, I thank God for the opportunity to think, write, and express, however well or poorly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love music. I have a reasonably decent singing voice and love to sing in a choir or small group. I’m grateful that my voice as yet has not been impacted by the rigidity of PD. That may come in time, but for now, sing out, Louise I’ve joined the Chancel Choir of the church we’ve been attending in Danville, VA. Two Sundays the choir was gathered around the piano (in the absence of the organist) as we rehearsed the choir special for that day’s service. I was the only bass present that day and was focusing during rehearsal on getting the timing and phrasing nailed down in my mind. As I did, my right hand began to shake. I became self-conscious of the tremor and tried to hide my hand under my left arm that was holding the anthem folder. Little that I did helped as I became more and more self-conscious. After rehearsal, I felt I had the part, phrasing and timing down, so I settled in marking the pages for the morning hymns in the hymnal. Time for the anthem came and we all processed to our rehearsed location around the piano. We were half through the anthem when I noticed that my tremor was completely absent. A smile came to my face as I thought it must be a divine intervention or my sheer joy of singing that eliminated the bothersome tremor. I think it was probably both, and I with gratitude returned to my position in the choir loft after the anthem. This has set me thinking. I recall that when I was delivering weekly sermons at the church back in Florida, I would often experience moments of tremor before the sermon, but rarely recall tremors during the sermon, when I was really into it.\u00a0Unfortunately, everything I do or have to do in my life is not something I am always into.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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