Alleluia

By Mike Hall, February 5, 2024

Many years ago, a much younger cowboy had a job in sales.

At team meetings in Chicago, I was given the nickname of The Strobe. There was a constant stream of marketing ideas flowing to and from me that I wish would have resulted in more sales.

Fast forward 25 years and I now rise early, don the earphones, and listen to a meditative Gregorian chant which seems to slightly put the reins on the runaway stallion that is my mind.

The more this Alleluia chant plays, it’s clear that unnecessary worries seek to intrude and it now occurs to me that it’s very much like a pesky faucet that drips incessantly.

Researchers at Penn State University have found that only 8% of what we worry about ever happens.

So, I’ll continue to focus on each breath and trust that the ‘Alleluia’ each day will lessen the flow of this faulty faucet.