As a little girl, I used to write music. I loved to write and sing. I wasn’t professionally trained but I knew what sound good. I wrote gospel music and songs to the Lord. And honestly, when I think back to my childhood song writing, I’m amazed at how the Lord impressed on my young heart to write songs to Him.
My love for music honestly came from artists like Rev. Timothy Wright and The Clark Sisters. This is pretty much all I listened too as a kid and honestly all I wanted to listen to. LOL. My Mom reminds me all the time that I requested Timothy Wright every time we got in the car, as early as 2 years old.
But I think the idea of writing music was inspired from Tyler Perry’s Madea plays. I can literally sing all of the songs from his plays. I loved the arrangements and the soul. I loved that they sang regular conversations and prayers. I’m not quite sure how to describe it but I think I learned that a song could be anything. I was influenced by the theatrics of it all. There was so much emotion expressed.
I sang in church from an early age and I loved it. I even sang a few of my original songs. I have always loved singing especially in church. But after a while, I lost the interest in writing. So I kept singing but gave up the gift of writing. As I got older, I started to think my chances of becoming a singer or song writer without any training or connections were slim to none.
Growing up is something we all have to do but with that comes the loss of childlike faith, childlike passion.
Singing and writing was fun for me as a little girl. At 7 and 8 years old, I didn’t know to compare my gifts to others or to doubt my writing skills. I just loved it. I remember meeting one of my sister’s friends who is a professional singer. 10 year old me was so eager to tell her how one day I’d be doing the same. Ha! The innocence of childlike passion!
This year, 2020, I prayed for the same childlike passion, the same childlike faith and innocence: that I would write, sing, speak and create without fear. And well, I’m not a professional singer but I sing in church weekly. I’ve built an entire website to display my writing and creativity. And I have a few other things in the works.
I won’t lie and say that doubt doesn’t consume me at times but I mean, there’s a saying we use at my church, “when we feel fear, we still move forward”. So what scares you? What are you passionate about? What did you love as a child and quit? Is it something you wish you could have continued working on? What do you love to do? When you day dream, what do you see yourself doing?
How about today you tap into your childlike passion? It’s worth it.
CordeliaParis 