I was browsing thru myriad photo's of various special occasions held this year -- milestones, turning points, learning curves all! I was also trying to create a slideshow of them set to appropriate strains of music in the background. Pfft! and Piffle! The internet around here makes no concessions whatsoever for a random moment of creativity. But this will do. It says what I want to say to my posterity.... that indescribable and almost unbearably beautiful gift of little people in our lives....
May You Live
Carolyn Arends
If there is a cup of life
And we each get our quotas
May you drink yours down, pass the rest around
And not waste one iota
And if there is a winding road
And mountains meant for climbing
May you be strong and brave, and constantly amazed
By every new horizon
And may you live
All the days
Of your life.
And if our days make up a dance
Then have no hesitation
Turn the music loud and send a crowd
Of friends your invitation
And if it’s true that love's a song
We sing in joy and sadness
Then may your song be sung at the top of your lungs
And may it bring you gladness
May you live
All the days
Of your life
And if there is another world
That waits beyond the curtain
Then when your time has come may you hear "well done"
And may you know for certain
That you lived …
ALL the days of your life!
About the Song
by Carolyn Arends
...every nano-second of this life is precious, because our lives and what we make of them matter deeply to God. So live this life abundantly, moment by moment, as fully and deeply and passionately as you can. But there’s more to the equation. Live this life in the light of forever, knowing that the God who keeps His loving gaze upon you has prepared a place for you that will be more than you can hope for or imagine. We are called, by God’s grace, to live for both the Now and the Not Yet.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith… (Hebrews 12:1,2)
I'll try and link her music/song/site to this post but shucks, with the satellite performance I've been having lately....
