{"id":3197,"date":"2011-01-08T23:22:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T22:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/?p=3197"},"modified":"2011-01-09T01:25:51","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T00:25:51","slug":"how-can-i-keep-from-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/08\/how-can-i-keep-from-singing\/","title":{"rendered":"“How can I keep from singing?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Of course, not everyone feels the need to keep from singing… It has its place, but not ALL THE TIME!<\/em><\/p>\n

No, not “how can I keep from sinning” – that is a very good question too, but in that case I should point you to the experts, The Christian Church<\/a>. “Christianity – more than forgiveness of sin.”<\/p>\n

When it comes to singing, however, perhaps you recognize the title. There is a traditional song with this title: “How can I keep from singing?” Here is a link<\/a> to it in my record collection, for as long as it works. For the time being, you can also find numerous versions on YouTube.<\/p>\n

There is also the more practical question: How can I actually keep from singing? \u00c2\u00a0Like today, when my fever is down to around 38C again (100.4 Imperial degrees). My throat is still a bit sore, after coughing up multicolored goo in the morning and a bit onward. But my heart is filled with song and running over as usual. \u00c2\u00a0This is pretty much how it is if I don’t concentrate on anything else. \u00c2\u00a0(Uh, does this mean that this is who I really am? I am really a singer? I doubt that…)<\/p>\n

Mostly it is a problem at work though. Most of my work is fairly routine (as I don’t have the licenses nor the knowledge to do much else) so I can don’t need to think hard. That’s exactly when I tend to begin singing. Not good to do at work. We do have offices, but they are not that soundproof! \u00c2\u00a0Besides, there is the practical problem that if I actually sing much, my throat becomes sore, since I don’t talk usually.<\/p>\n

So at work I sometimes play something like LifeFlow’s Optimal Learning<\/a> (also from my CD collection). It helps me concentrate and it takes my brain off the songs it otherwise might run through. If I played actual music, it would just add fuel to the fire. \u00c2\u00a0Well, sufficiently complex classical music works too. \u00c2\u00a0I’ve used Bach a few times.<\/p>\n

Having 39C in fever, as I had yesterday and the day before, works too. I am not surprised. The body still influences the soul a lot. But obviously the soul influences the body a lot too. \u00c2\u00a0For instance, influencing it to sing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Of course, not everyone feels the need to keep from singing… It has its place, but not ALL THE TIME! No, not “how can I keep from sinning” – that is a very good question too, but in that case … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slice-of-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3197"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3204,"href":"https:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions\/3204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}