Now Is the Time to Seek
ANNIE F. DOWNS
A few days ago, I was watching an Instagram reel of a musician onstage talking to the crowd. When he told people to raise their hands if it was their birthday, the crowd screamed. When he told them to raise their hands if they were there for a celebration, people all over the massive stadium hooted and hollered and threw their hands in the air. And then he said,“ Who here came by themselves?”
I also ask that question almost anytime I am on a stage. I think the people who attend concerts and other events alone are toptier brave. It takes a lot to go alone to see an artist, a speaker, or a pastor you want to hear, or attend an experience you don’ t want to miss. It means you choose to care more about what you like than the comfort of staying home because you couldn’ t find someone to go with you.
I love that question.
As the musician asked the“ alone attendee” question, hands went up sporadically all
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