Customers at a local grocery store in Bangor, Maine were taken by surprise when a man with headphones on started singing This Little Light of Mine. The song is a tune many people recognize from church, so why was this man singing so loudly in the middle of the grocery store?
It started with some stares and chuckles from others, but then what happened is a story of unity and happiness and it’s all captured on video. He continues to sing and then another person joins in. A crown has already began to encircle the man. After the second person joined in, it seems nearly instantaneously that all of the onlookers are singing or humming the popular tune.
The singer takes his headphones off and with tambourine in hand leads the crowd in an uplifting rendition. People are singing and dancing throughout the store. Everyone has a smile on their face. It’s a great story of people from all backgrounds of life coming together for one, single purpose, to sing. Surely, it made the day of everyone involved. You can just see the happiness in the faces and actions of the surprised customers.
In a world filled with war and rioting, it’s refreshing to see how one simple gesture can lead to a roomful of unity.