Ponderings…Courage from kindness

The other day, for the first time ever, I sang karaoke in front of people. For those few people who know me well, you already know what a big deal this is for me. I am very shy by nature, and it's already difficult enough for me to speak to strangers, let alone sing at them. Naturally, my jobs make it a necessity for me to speak to strangers, so I've gotten good at hiding my panic there, but the funny thing about singing is that your panic is difficult to hide, and shows up in the form of a quavering voice and highter-than-intended notes. Hence, the reason I never even attempted to do karaoke – it just didn't seem like something I could do without making an utter fool of myself. I have al