Wednesday Vignette - Resignation

As temperatures and rain fall, the sky remaining cloudy and dim for days at a time, we're finally resigned to the idea that summer has, indeed, taken flight to be reborn in the spring of another hemisphere.   I'm reminded of one of my favorite American folk hymn tunes, "Resignation."

The tune is most often used with the words of a paraphrase of the 23rd Psalm and ends with these words:

"There would I find a settled rest
(While others go and come,)
No more a stranger or a guest,
But like a child at home."


There is beauty in this season of change.  A time to put to sleep the failures of the past, rest, and plan for future growth and strength.  As we gather in, light candles, and get out blankets to snuggle beneath on these cold nights, I wish you all the feeling of being  a child at home. May you find beauty in the wet garden and enjoy the sparkling jewels of precious water which we are very lucky to have in this region!

A little something about water, written by Anders Edenroth and performed by The Real Group.

"A poetic, political and philosophical perspective on this transparent matter essential to the survival of every living creature. Some of us take it for granted, others perish from the lack of it."


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