This is a song I siing often during bedside singing and it's been one I've known as long as I can remember and I've been singing for about 62 years. One of the most wonderful and remarkable things about this song is that it is so solidly tonal that it can be begun anywhere and it will still "work" I can improvise freely and it will still "work". Peace is like that too. If we let it be that way. If we allow a base that accepts what is and whatever comes.
I can hear the peace of silence in the falling snow.
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LOVE this poem!
Perhaps the breath of imagination is too scary for some, though…
it might look too crazy!
Steve Jobs:
“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
I love this container for waging peace. Both/and. Possible and Impossible. So many heartsongs have poured out on my pages. Deep Gratitude for craftsmanship.
This is a song I siing often during bedside singing and it's been one I've known as long as I can remember and I've been singing for about 62 years. One of the most wonderful and remarkable things about this song is that it is so solidly tonal that it can be begun anywhere and it will still "work" I can improvise freely and it will still "work". Peace is like that too. If we let it be that way. If we allow a base that accepts what is and whatever comes.
Oooh—I love the analogy you draw between the "solidly tonal [song] that can begin anywhere and it will still work" and the "base" of peace!!!
I can hear the peace of silence in the falling snow.
❄️❄️❄️
LOVE this poem!
Perhaps the breath of imagination is too scary for some, though…
it might look too crazy!
Steve Jobs:
“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
The Steve Jobs quote reminds me of this: https://phylliscoledai.substack.com/p/staying-power-147-blessed-are-the?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fblessed&utm_medium=reader2
I love this container for waging peace. Both/and. Possible and Impossible. So many heartsongs have poured out on my pages. Deep Gratitude for craftsmanship.
We live in paradox.