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A new song for a new day
I remember this branch was drawn after encountering a flower arrangement featuring the foxglove at a popular restaurant here in San Francisco. It was a large, welcoming arrangement with several branches of blooming foxglove in it and it really felt like the whole arrangement was singing, projecting joyful sounds like trumpets triumphantly blowing music through the air.
But even though it felt joyful, the way the blooms droop over, I couldn’t help but feel the plant had a bit of a deeper side to it too. Like it could sense the suffering present through all the bustling noise in the restaurant. Don’t they kind of look like they are bent over and almost sighing?
So in a way, the flower not only felt joyful, but it also felt tired and defiant - like it would choose to sing even in the face of great difficulty or suffering.
At the time, it led me to these delicate lines of poetry by Sylvia Plath from her poem called “I Thought That I Could Not Be Hurt”:
How frail the human heart must be —
a throbbing pulse, a trembling thing —
a fragile, shining instrument of crystal,
which can either weep, or sing.
- SYLVIA PLATH
...and this flower provided a reminder of how at any given moment, we have the ability to choose to sing. And these foxglove flowers really did seem to be singing from their hearts that day.
TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE THEME
EPISODE 28 - SEASON 1
The theme of Sing this week is represented by the foxglove. What makes your heart sing?
EPISODE 08 - SEASON 2
We hear a powerful story of what finding your voice truly sounds like from Melissa Lau, principal of Seachange Coaching. Through the power of singing in a foreign language, she unlocks her unique voice, her heritage and her purpose, including the science behind the transformation.
EPISODE 61 - SEASON 3
You ever find yourself searching for an antidote to the chaos of the world? Let's journey together into the warm, comforting embrace of hope, gratitude, and the soothing scent of candles.
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Sing is one of the 39 Gratitude Blooming themes that we explore to help our community keep gratitude front of mind.
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