The shadows of this world will say— There's no hope why try anyway? But every kindness large or slight— shifts the balance toward the Light... When justice seems in short supply, lean in toward the Light.
~ Carrie Newcomer from the song "Lean in Toward the Light"
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All that is ripest and fairest in the wilderness is preserved and transmitted to us in the strain of the wood thrush. This is the only bird whose note affects me like music, affects the flow and tenor of my thought, my fancy and imagination. It lifts and exhilarates me. It is inspiring. It is a medicative draught to my soul.