Repetition (Stuck In My Head)

My mother and I used to laugh about the things you could do on crowded elevators to make people uncomfortable.  Like…

  -  Stopping the elevator on every floor, stepping just out of the doors, then sigh and say, “Nope…that’s not my floor.” and make your way back on.

or

  -  Looking as suspicious as possible, you creep into the corner of the elevator, open your purse (or briefcase…or lunchbox…whatever you happen to be carrying) and you say “Are you alright in there?  Can you breath?”  It works a bit better if you jiggle the bag a bit before hand.

Then there is the one that always seems to work…and is perhaps the most annoying crowded elevator trick.  All you have to do is get on the elevator and whistle the first 7 notes of “It’s a small world after all” over and over and over again.  The thing that makes that song so annoying is that it is a very simple tune, and is so repetitive that people can’t help but stop singing it.  Some of you probably have the song stuck in your right now…have fun getting that out. 

Sally has asked me to help her with a Taize prayer service this weekend for the National Youth Worker’s Convention here in Nashville.  I’m not sure if you have ever heard Taize music…but…it can be very much like “It’s a Small World After All”.  The tunes are short, simple, and repetitive. 

And they get stuck in your head.

The only real difference is, they aren’t nearly as annoying…they are holy.

Thanks be to God.

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