Permission to Sing

On priorities, perspective, and choice

Patsy Fergusson
Fourth Wave
Published in
10 min readApr 7, 2024

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Sing it, Honey! Photo by Felix Koutchinski on Unsplash

I was enjoying a group chat with a bunch of lovely young humans the other day when I stumbled upon a paraphrase of this quote from a famous Bengali poet.

“I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung.” ― Rabindranath Tagore

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Patsy Fergusson
Fourth Wave

Tree hugger. Tour guide. Top Writer. Feminist. Newly-baptized Bay swimmer. Editor of Fourth Wave. https://medium.com/fourth-wave