Sun through the Thin Places

So there we were: First night the choir is singing with the Orchestra. We all gather together. All from different professions, of all colors, orientations, etc. The Choir and Orchestra had been practicing separately but finally were joined as one.

Something that I have become aware of is the The Irish term "Thin Places". This definition explains it all:
Thin Places - those places or events in life where the dividing line between the holy and the ordinary is very thin... to the point that the ordinary becomes holy and the holy becomes ordinary

Thin places, if we let them, will guide us. Our thin places can grace us with a
new awareness that our lives are not meant just to be struggled through and survived - they
are meant to be celebrated and savored.

That night, I was in a " Thin Place". The ensemble was on stage. 200 hundred voice, 80 instruments all joined in as one voice, singing a song of demanding desperation in perfect harmony "Let the sun shine, let the sunshine in!" With each passing Chorus, My body felt a new sensation of weightlessness. At that moment there was no one person. There was no "I". All together separated by nothing. As I looked around at the special light in each eye, tears began rolling down my cheek. Here we were. Together. All working toward a common goal. All with the same plea.



There is an old Celtic saying that heaven and earth are only three feet apart, but in the
thin places that distance is even smaller!
You have thin places everywhere in your life. Even in the "Encore".


Antony