this morning #1452.

this morning, we started off the proceedings with a brief song. i let her choose which one. a one & a two & a three. i didn’t know the words all that well, so she took the lead & did so with her usual level of flourish. a few in the audience expressed excitement. joined in. at first, i sat back. clapped. once i’d heard it & learned it, i came in on the chorus. it was one of those spiritually uplifting songs, a tune with a million verses that you swear you heard as part of a church service years earlier. by the song’s end, there was a genuine energy in the room. she’d whipped us into a frenzy. i’d certainly been stirred from my slumber. moved, if you may. it put me in the perfect frame of mind to deliver my kickass sales pitch.