Singing and dancing is part of being human.

I learned that in Ireland many years ago. I was travelling when a busker asked me to provide some back up. "I can't sing!", I protested.

"You're a human being aren't you?" he asked.

It was beyond his comprehension that I actually believed I could not sing. He taught me that singing and dancing was an expression of the human spirit. I will always love him for that.

Singing liberates me from the mundane chores of daily life. It connects me to humanity. It lifts my spirit. I sing when I am full of joy or when I am sad. It is a way to express my emotion.

Once I had to ride in an open boat in rough seas with a burned baby in my arms. It was a very long journey. Afterwards, the skipper told my friends that I sang the whole way over at the top of my lungs - a kind of Japanese song that came from the depths of my soul. I don't remember it and I don't even know where it came from.

I doubt if anybody would ever pay to hear me sing but that doesn't stop me. Its part of being human. Dancing is like that too.