Everything is beautiful
in its own way
Under God’s heaven
the world is gonna find a way
There is none so blind as he who will not see.
We must not close our minds
we must let our hearts be free....
Sadly, there never seems to be a moment in time when this song and its message are not relevant. Ray brought us a lot of beautiful, whimsical and conscientious messages with his music.
We do need to look around and appreciate the beauty around us. Your photographs are lovely.
ReplyDeleteOr in the case of so many right now, perhaps dig it out of the snow. 😉 Snow is beautiful too. Thanks, Dan.
DeleteThat message is so incredibly important right now. People need to listen.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Hummingbird! Is that an Emerald Hummer?
ReplyDeleteMy bird resource tells me it is a Garden Emerald, likely the more common one we see around here. There is also the tiny one with a white throat, no longer than my pinky. When it flies it sounds like a bumble bee!
DeleteThat is the trick, isn’t it? The listening part. ‘Have they not eyes to see nor ears to hear?’
ReplyDeleteoh yes. thank Cheryl
ReplyDeleteThank you, John. 🙂
DeleteNow, more than ever Cheryl, it's so important to notice the beauty around us. It helps to negate the crappy, ugly stuff.
ReplyDeleteNature is the one constant we have at this time. Until we totally muck that up too. 😔
ReplyDeleteRay Stevens, the Comedy King of Music! Love his stuff!
ReplyDeleteMe too, John. I grew up on his music. The Streak was so classic. Do you remember Guitarzan, the Jungle Man? He is a really joyful soul.
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