Dear Friend in Peace,

Some years ago, my dear daughter Kirsten and I were visiting her sweet sister Bron in Maine. While there, Bron invited us to be part of a parade in Bar Harbor. We were thrilled to be able to join her in the local celebration, but uncertain about being able to hold up the banner properly while marching along the main street, never having been banner carriers before. Our discomfort grew when the band had not shown up before the parade was scheduled to start. Taking deep breaths, we hoped for the best!

It turned out, deep breaths are great, but not much help when we were expected to carry a banner and march without music. If ever we had doubted the power of music, we did no longer. It was all we could do to hold the banner up and trudge along step by step without music.

It was unclear whether we would make it to the end of the block since the banner felt so heavy and uncomfortable. Without the powerful fuel of music, marching was plain tedious.

Miracles happen, and out of seemingly nowhere the band appeared. Once they joined us and started playing, everything changed. The banner no longer seemingly weighed 50 pounds! We all marched along grinning with joy and holding the banner high. The peaceful power of music transformed our misery into peaceful joy!

Music can and does bring us home to peace, hope and joy! May our hearts be filled with the Peace of Music every day. May music, the universal language of peace guide us all to feel , speak, and be the peace we wish to see in the world.

"Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife."  - Kahlil Gibran

Thank you for choosing peace in your thoughts, words and actions. I welcome, encourage, and enjoy your comments and suggestions.

Yours in peace and love always,
Donna

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