tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563653781274242803.post3777218331110234308..comments2023-09-04T09:37:03.138-04:00Comments on Steve and Hannah Smith: Update 3/10/10 Day 121Steve and Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338591078832813421noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563653781274242803.post-58837400613496799472010-03-11T13:18:06.140-05:002010-03-11T13:18:06.140-05:00Dear Larry,
I love that song too! And simple liv...Dear Larry,<br /><br />I love that song too! And simple living not only benefits us, but enables us to bless others. "Live simply, that others may simply live."<br /><br />Your daughter, like you, is a sweet soul.<br /><br />Your friend on the pilgrim road,<br /><br />Loriannjohandavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06588275238352299582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563653781274242803.post-53794444999506305462010-03-11T12:01:19.615-05:002010-03-11T12:01:19.615-05:00Thanks, LA, for the wonderful poem about the power...Thanks, LA, for the wonderful poem about the powerful resurgence of hope and life and all that is dear and beautiful. Now I will share with you a powerful moment that I experienced not too long ago. It happened at a concert my daughter gave at her school. She kept her song a secret but said that she loved not only the melody but what it teaches us. What could this song be?, I wondered. And then the day came and she sang it... <br /><br />'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, <br />'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, <br />And when we find ourselves in the place just right, <br />'Twill be in the valley of love and delight. <br />When true simplicity is gain'd, <br />To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,<br />To turn, turn will be our delight, <br />Till by turning, turning we come round right. <br /><br />When I hear part of the powerful music of "Simple Gifts" in Copland's score for "Appalachian Spring," it stops me in my tracks. <br /><br />Enjoy the thawing of the snow, the mending of the bones, and the healing grace and beauty of Nature.<br /><br />Larry TLarry Tnoreply@blogger.com