“A bell’s not a bell ’til you ring it
A song’s not a song ’til you sing it
Love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay
Love isn’t love ’til you give it away!”

– Oscar Hammerstein II

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“I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.

We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.”

– Oliver Herford

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Blessed is the hurting one
who has come to understand
that surrender to the Spirit
is the deepest healing of all.

© 2017 Dennis Ference