"Open up your eyes and see the brand new day...
The clear blue sky and brightly shining sun....
Open up your ears and hear the breezes say,
"Everything that's cold and gray is gone."
Open up your hands and feel the rain come on down...
Taste the wind and smell the flowers' sweet perfume...
Open up your mind and let the light shine in...
The earth has been reborn and life goes on....
And do you care what's happening around you?
Do your senses know the changes when they come?
Can you see yourself reflected in the seasons?
Can you understand the need to carry on?
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see...
So many ways and oh so many things...
Rejoicing in the differences, there's no one just like me...
Yet as different as we are, we're still the same...
And oh, I love the life within me...
I feel a part of everything I see...
And oh, I love the life around me...
A part of everything is here in me...
A part of everything is here in me...
A part of everything is here in me."
(lyrics of song "Season Suite: Spring" by John Denver. Written by John Denver, Mike Taylor and Dick Kniss. Produced by Milton Okun. From the 1972 RCA album "Rocky Mountain High.")
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(Dedicated to Cindy in North Carolina, Cindy in Tennessee, and our only Earth.)
