JC reflects on witnessing emotional responses during a sing-along and explores the simple acts—eye contact, a smile, a nod, verbal acknowledgment—that let people know they're seen and not alone.
♪ Got my sights set on you and I'm ready to wave ♪ ♪ I have a heart that will never be changed ♪ ♪ I knew you were something special ♪ ♪ When he's called my name ♪ ♪ Now I can't wait to see you again ♪ - Good morning, God, Dre. We'll take the second verse here. ♪ And I've got the way no more ♪ - Good morning, Nina, Andy Mack, how you doing, my friends? ♪ I feel like I'm mostly knocking you ♪ ♪ In the love of life ♪ ♪ 'Cause I feel this beat ♪ - Andy Mack, I'm sure you've moved to this song in an exercise class sometime in your life.
Oh, Emily, eight, seven, seven, zero, we've worked together out to this song before. ♪ I know ♪ ♪ I'm not so much retail ♪ ♪ I must get lookin' down ♪ ♪ I'm just a stutter man ♪ - Mack, see, good morning, my friends. ♪ I feel like I couldn't breathe ♪ ♪ It wasn't wrong with me ♪ ♪ I'm a stutter man ♪ ♪ She's just bein' Miley ♪ - Okay, we'll hit the pause after she's just bein' Miley. Because guess what, in the cadre sphere, we get to say, hey, I'm just bein' Steph, I'm just bein' Anila, I'm just bein' Emily, I'm just bein' Andy Mack.
Just like Miley said, so long ago, I'm just bein' Miley. My name's JC, good morning, y'all. How are you doin'? I hope you're doin' great, but if you're not, that is a-okay as well. I'm glad that I'm here, I'm glad that you're here. I know what I know, and I care about you. You know, a few days ago, I was standing in front of a group of people singin' a song, and that song was makin' them feel stuff. There was a woman in the front row who started to well up with tears. After the song, you know, I asked the question to the audience as well, to the group that I was directing.
You know, what do you experience when you hear music? What do you experience when you listen to things that create responses? And this woman in the front row of the group I was directing shared that she started to feel stuff, and she was showing bravery and courage by continuing to sing, rather than trying to hide her emotion. And then she shared that she saw a woman in the front row of the audience who was having a similar response. So throughout the rest of the song, she looked at her, and she made eye contact, and she smiled and nodded and said, "I see you with her eyes and with her music."
And the woman in the front row was nodding, non-verbally, back to the woman on stage. When you see something, say something. When you see someone who is experiencing life alongside you. I don't even know who they are. Good morning, Chris Fortman. Good morning, SM Zobs. Nice to see y'all, bop on in. When you see someone experiencing life, like you make eye contact with them, or you see their shoulders and their ears, or you see them wiping the tear away, there's power in saying something. There's power in acknowledging that you are witnessing them do life.
So often when we are experiencing our own life, we wonder, A, does anybody see it? Does anybody know it? And B, does anybody care? And if they do, it would be possible if that care was verbalized, physicalized, emotionalized, metabolized. And these two women who are missing people in their lives, after the concert got done, they connected. And they sat down, the person on the stage went out to the audience, they sat down, and they started to speak. I don't know what they spoke about, but that conversation happened because one person saw another person and said something.
You know, in the cadre sphere, we deal with the highs, the lows, the real, the weird. If you are in a space of grief or loss, if you're in a space of feeling the feels of the highs and the lows, people see ya. And if you don't know where those people are, you can find them right here. 'Cause being seen and being heard are wonderfully nourishing acts. You may be deficient in being seen, or you may be deficient in speaking up. Do both of them a little bit more today. T North says, "Music has always helped me feel heard and whole."
You know, I'll tell ya, I saw Emily jump into the chat here, and I remember, gosh, 10 years ago now, when I first met Emily, actually 11 and a half years ago now, I used to teach class. And this was a song that I used way, way too much in it. And by way, way too much, I mean exactly enough. So, let's go ahead and let Miley play us on out. ♪ I must let this little she just be a Miley ♪ ♪ And that's how we are now ♪ ♪ I will redeem myself ♪ ♪ But I can't rest 'til day ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, boy ♪ ♪ I can't wait to see you again ♪ ♪ Bye ♪ ♪ Bye, bye ♪ ♪ I got this crazy feeling ♪ ♪ Deep inside ♪ ♪ When you go in as the sea ♪
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