Another verse

There’s an amusing phenomenon that can happen when we sing songs with multiple verses.

(Imagine a group of people singing at a summer camp, a school, or a house of worship.)

Certainly the group sings a verse or two. But do we sing the third verse? The fourth? Everything that’s printed?

Sans established protocol, sans a music leader, the question arises, “Was that the end or do we keep going?”

If everyone stops singing, the song obviously ends. But if just one person begins the next verse — and continues confidently — the entire group will continue.

Ah, the power of one voice.

In any number of situations, you can be that “voice” that determines whether we continue what we’ve been doing. For better or worse.