{"id":178,"date":"2008-11-08T14:15:35","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T22:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/privatenook.com\/?p=178"},"modified":"2026-04-19T05:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:13:58","slug":"my-first-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"My First Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately I&#8217;ve been wanting to write songs.. and sing them. Feelings of inadequacy try to keep me from this task as I have never in my life written a song&#8230; but stepping aside and trusting I flow.\u00c2\u00a0 and I want to share what came to me this morning which i have been singing ever since:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Waking To Flight&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>*When it all started<br \/>\nI was on shaky ground<br \/>\nnot sure if I was flying<br \/>\nor falling, falling into the Sound<\/p>\n<p>The ground was soft<br \/>\nat first but then<br \/>\nall of a sudden<br \/>\nit grew before me<br \/>\ntrapping me in<\/p>\n<p>I stood there staring<br \/>\nup toward the sky<br \/>\nwondering softly<br \/>\nwhy oh why<br \/>\ndo I feel so small<\/p>\n<p>*When it all started<br \/>\nI was on shaky ground<br \/>\nnot sure if i was flying<br \/>\nor falling to the Sound<\/p>\n<p>I was almost comforted<br \/>\nby my fears<br \/>\nof crawling inwards<br \/>\naway from his tears<\/p>\n<p>Then like waking<br \/>\nto an alarm<br \/>\nI jumped up screaming<br \/>\nout of my skin<\/p>\n<p>Angry for all of the<br \/>\ntruths that I held<br \/>\naway from him<\/p>\n<p>*When it all started<br \/>\nI was on shaky ground<br \/>\nnot sure if i was flying<br \/>\nor falling, falling into the Sound<\/p>\n<p>I look up toward<br \/>\nthe star-filled sky<br \/>\nremembering my strength<br \/>\nand feeling oh so full of light<\/p>\n<p>When it all started<br \/>\nI was on shaky ground<br \/>\nnot sure if i was falling<br \/>\nbut now I know I&#8217;m flying high<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately I&#8217;ve been wanting to write songs.. and sing them. Feelings of inadequacy try to keep me from this task as I have never in my life written a song&#8230; but stepping aside and trusting I flow.\u00c2\u00a0 and I want &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/?p=178\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-beginning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6040,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/6040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The constant WPCACHEHOME must be set in the file wp-config.php and point at the WP Super Cache plugin directory. -->