Jennifer, a concert cellist, had stage 4 cancer of the breast which was starting to spread to her lungs. She was in deep depression. It was a bad time to get sick, because the orchestra was having frenzied rehearsals for a big concert. Her depression suddenly turned into hope when she met a nightingale. (This fiction story touches the heart.)
‘True Tales’ Series – Volume 28
Updated June 1, 2023 – Archives tr206
By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com
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This strange story of songbirds joining an orchestra happened near Schilthorn in the Swiss Alps. One summer evening, on the way home from an orchestra rehearsal, Jennifer suddenly stopped the car, then turned into a dirt road leading to a clearing in the woods.
She remembered the place clearly, her secret inner garden. It was where she used to go alone as a child by bike whenever her brothers bullied her. In She would talk to herself and to Jesus, asking why life was so hard. Her depression would vanish and she would go home happy. It was her childhood sanctuary, a gift from the Lord.
So, in her deep depression due to her cancer ailment, she returned to her childhood forest cathedral. Then, she had an idea. She took out the cello, sat on a rock, and played a tune. The cello expressed her pain, a deep bass moan that echoed through the woods. The cello wept and she shed her tears.
Suddenly, a nightingale replied with its own tune, as if giving Jennifer comfort in her pain. Jennifer played another tune. The nightingale responded again. She was stunned. For one whole hour, the trio had this long conversation, a cello, a cellist, and a bird. Jennifer’s depression instantly vanished, just like in her childhood days. (Listen to the nightingale who comforted Jennifer, as others nearby respond – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdlIbNrki5o, courtesy of Wildlife World.)
She frequented the woods to ‘talk’ to her nightingale. One evening, she recorded their music. As she played it back at full volume, the music echoed across the forest. Another nightingale replied, then another, then another. Six birds joined in all from different parts of the forest. Jennifer again recorded the entire concert of one cello and six birds.
She told the conductor about it and the entire orchestra listened to Jennifer’s recordings. All were silent, listening in awe. Then, upon the conductor’s signal, one by one, they joined in – the violins, the clarinets, the piano, all impromptu. The seven other cellos were the last, preparing Jennifer for her solo. The conductor hired a camera man who recorded Borodin’s Nocturne with a full orchestra and six song birds.
Jennifer posted the video on Youtube, which instantly went viral, 3 million hits in 3 days, 80 million in a few weeks. The orchestra was invited to play at the Hollywood Bowl, with the nightingales replies mixed in, for thousands of listeners, who gave a standing ovation. (Listen to Hauser, a Croatian cellist, play Nocturne – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqnnAroUWuM).
Jennifer forgot that she had cancer. When she went for a checkup, the doctor was shocked. She was cancer-free. He asked curiously what she did to bring down her stage four cancer to stage zero. She said the Lord told the nightingales to heal her. The doctor said, “The Lord’s ways are indeed strange for us humans who are so ignorant.”
Decades after, in her old age, Jennifer often returned to her forest cathedral, praying to her Healer and playing with her healers. More nightingales joined in, until they would drown out Jennifer’s cello.
Jennifer once went to her forest cathedral in the dead of winter. She played the cello even in the absence of the nightingales, who normally migrated south to warmer air. But one warm sunny winter day, when the blinding soft snow dazzled the eye, a lone nightingale descended on Jennifer and they sang together for two hours. It was her first time to see her beloved healing-bird friend, and she was in tears.
I bring drought before the soft rains, pain before deliverance, sickness before healing, hunger before nourishment. it is in pain that I draw you close to Me. From drought to deluge, from emptiness to life.
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2) Sr. Raquel Reodica, RVM – www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAZcwNimBSg
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Author’s book. At age 26, the author (eastwind) drifted through Europe, hitchhiking 25,000 kilometers for three straight years. He wrote a book on his adventures, Wings and Wanderlust. He learned deep insights that radically changed his view of life, which he wants to share with readers looking for themselves or wanting to catch the wind. More about the book (get a copy) = https://eastwindjournals.com/2023/02/25/more-about-the-book-wings-and-wanderlust/
Author’s Credentials. Blogger – ex-Columnist (Inquirer) – Healing Ministry – ex-Professor (Ateneo University) – Documentary Producer-Director (freelance, ex-ABS-CBN, ex-TVS Tokyo) – ex-Broadcaster (Radio Veritas) – Facebook “Bernie V. Lopez Eastwind” / Pages “Eastwind Journeys and Journals” and “Mary Queen of Peace”.
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