Song
Nana’s simplest songs have the power to change the world.
It was a cold, grey evening as I eagerly tromped down the trail towards home.
The hike had not turned out as planned.
Instead of a joyous, sunlit day amongst pines covered with fresh-fallen snow, it had turned into a dreary trudge through cloudy silence and damp cold.
But as I approached the forest’s edge, a lone chickadee began its lilting tune.
I couldn’t catch a glimpse of this tiny musician hidden within the snow-covered trees, but its bright song pierced the chill and overcame the drab surroundings.
In that moment, this thumb-sized little bird’s song changed my memory of the entire day.
Instead of the day where I froze my fingers and toes hiking along a dreary, grey trail – it was transformed into the day when a cheerful chickadee gave me a gift of song at dusk.
Simple songs can change the world.