Thought for the day, Thursday 9th January
“To sing is to love and affirm,
to fly and to soar,
to coast into the hearts of the people
who listen
to tell them that life is to live,
that love is there,
that nothing is a promise,
but that beauty exists,
and must be hunted for and found…
To sing is to praise God and the daffodils,
and to praise God is to thank Him,
in every note within my small range,
and every color in the tones of my voice,
with every look into the eyes of my audience,
to thank Him.
Thank you, God, for letting me be born,
for giving me eyes to see the daffodils lean in the wind,
all my brothers, all my sisters,
for giving me ears to hear crying,
legs to come running,
hands to smooth damp hair,
a voice to laugh with and to sing with…
to sing to you and the daffodils.”
Joan Baez, born on this day in 1941
Chorlton Unitarians 