May you be grateful for what is subtly, yet meaningfully harmonious wherever you find it.
When people are singing and their voices are harmonizing together, it creates a pleasant sound that blends seamlessly and it can be deeply appreciated whether you have a trained musical ear or not. However, if those voices were singing over the sound of someone playing a piano, it might be harder to hear the chords that the piano is making because it’s more subtle and in the background. However, even though it’s more subtle, there is still harmony coming to life there, too.
It’s a beautiful, satisfying thing to experience things coming together in life, like vocals creating harmony. However, before, after, and in between those moments, there are also the subtle notes, like the piano in the background that might get overlooked but are still worth paying attention to.
You stumble upon something small that you’ve been looking for.
Someone explains something to you in a way you can understand it.
Moments when you’ve identified your role as a part of a larger initiative.
These small, and even serendipitous moments may not seem like very much on the surface, playing softly in the background as we listen out for the bigger moments, but in reality, like piano notes in the background, they are still a part of what composes harmonies in life.
So in those moments where you find yourself longing for those bigger harmonies in life, like dynamic voices all singing together in a melodic, rhythmic fashion, may you know it’s okay to long for that. It’s beautiful and it’s only natural to desire this. And at the same time, in those in-between moments, notice when more subtle harmonies begin to feel a space. Even if they are subtle, allow yourself to practice training your “ear” for them. And this process might just help you find value in the greater harmonies, too. – Morgan Harper Nichols
