Let It Be

For the past day or so, I have been singing "Let It Be," which, for those of you much younger than I, is an old Beatles tune. I have been singing this in my head and out loud, the latter mostly when I am in my car or in the shower. And when I am singing it, I am singing it quietly.....in a soft voice.......as if to myself. I am singing it in a voice that feels soothing to me, rather than one that feels like it is making a statement.

This quiet singing voice feels different to me. People who know me would not, I imagine, describe me at the quiet sort. Nor dc I think of myself this way. So, when I repeatedly and unconsciously start to sing this particular song (which I do not believe I have heard on the radio or on my stereo system at home of late), I am conscious of the difference and the significance of the particular words of the song. It is the difference in my soft voice that hooks me and make me curious. "What are you saying to me?," I ask this whispering voice.

I go deeper. I pay attention to the gentle voice and feel my feelings in that moment. I am aware of the tenderness of the soft voice. I am touched by this voice, as if it were coming from someone other than myself. I am soothed by this voice. And I am challenged to shift my inner being to heed the words of the song. When the troubling stuff of life has come up and I start, in my way, to attempted to fix these things, the song appears. It is as if it is telling me I do not have to do it all. Let it be, gently and softly, just let it be.

I am grateful for this reminder from my higher self and the wisdom that John, Paul, George and Ringo have given me at this time.