Voice
Have you found your own voice? If you are an actor or a singer, you know something about finding your voice and practice. If you write, you strive to develop a sense of your own voice. You learn that refining your voice takes practice.
Understanding and developing your own voice in music, print and/or speech is a powerful tool for self-development. The voice is a useful tool in mindful practice. For example, this blog is a use of my own voice as part of my humanist practice. By tapping my inner voice and writing down my reflections on what I hear, I am able to look at my own practice more clearly. I am also able to refine my practice by clarifying its motives and actions. My voice is an essential part of being who I am and of becoming who I wish to be.
Being secure in my own voice has made me better at listening to the voices of others. Many people live with internal voices which are not entirely their own. They are driven by the internalized voices of parents, grandparents, siblings, teachers, and so on. Most of this is unconscious. These voices of the past are often inhibitors to progressive personal growth. Meditation is a helpful tool for separating out your own voice from these voices of the past. In some cases, psychotherapy or some form of counseling accelerates an understanding of whose voice is driving a person's life.
Paying attention to your own voice, once found, is helpful in finding direction in life. I think keeping a diary or journal is a helpful tool for those who are new at seeking their own voice. A personal journal in my early adulthood was instrumental in my decision to live my life mindfully engaged in working with people for the greater good.
Writing this daily blog is a practice of sharing my voice with anyone interested in humanist practice and also staying in touch with my voice for the sake of my own practice. Each time I test my voice in this way, I learn something about myself. Sometimes this occurs in the process of translating my voice to the page. Sometimes this learning comes from comments I receive from a reader. My practice is a process of constant creativity and change within a framework of commitment and routine.
Understanding and developing your own voice in music, print and/or speech is a powerful tool for self-development. The voice is a useful tool in mindful practice. For example, this blog is a use of my own voice as part of my humanist practice. By tapping my inner voice and writing down my reflections on what I hear, I am able to look at my own practice more clearly. I am also able to refine my practice by clarifying its motives and actions. My voice is an essential part of being who I am and of becoming who I wish to be.
Being secure in my own voice has made me better at listening to the voices of others. Many people live with internal voices which are not entirely their own. They are driven by the internalized voices of parents, grandparents, siblings, teachers, and so on. Most of this is unconscious. These voices of the past are often inhibitors to progressive personal growth. Meditation is a helpful tool for separating out your own voice from these voices of the past. In some cases, psychotherapy or some form of counseling accelerates an understanding of whose voice is driving a person's life. Paying attention to your own voice, once found, is helpful in finding direction in life. I think keeping a diary or journal is a helpful tool for those who are new at seeking their own voice. A personal journal in my early adulthood was instrumental in my decision to live my life mindfully engaged in working with people for the greater good.
Writing this daily blog is a practice of sharing my voice with anyone interested in humanist practice and also staying in touch with my voice for the sake of my own practice. Each time I test my voice in this way, I learn something about myself. Sometimes this occurs in the process of translating my voice to the page. Sometimes this learning comes from comments I receive from a reader. My practice is a process of constant creativity and change within a framework of commitment and routine.
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