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We love to listen to the music of the mountains from our cabin… The wind whistling through the trees… The buzzing of the hummingbird wings…the birds’ songs floating on the breeze. So when we took a picnic to our favorite spot on the Parkway (where we’ve been picnicking for 37 years) We were excited as we anticipated in this part of the forest the different kinds of music we might hear. But when we reached our favorite spot…there was no music… not a sound… what immediately caught our attention was the silence all around. Everything was still and quiet…every animal, every mountain…every tree. There was something captivating…about this silent symphony. I smiled quietly at Deborah who smiled quietly back at me… It was as if, for a moment, we were experiencing the world the way the creators meant for it to be. For a moment those creators turned the sound off to help us understand… how much there is to enjoy in the silent beauty of the land. From the clouds to the sun to the grass to the rocks to the mountains to the trees we experienced a world of peace…with everything living together…in quiet harmony. It’s a peacefulness we felt blessed at that moment to have innocently stumbled upon… and one that stayed within our hearts even when they turned the sound back on. While we quietly ate our tuna subs…In the cool, silent mountain air… We reminisced how from the time our children were children we have been picnicking there. Which only makes us more determined…to speak up for love and equality to do are part to help the world live in peace and harmony. Because every child deserves the chance to experience the world the way the creators meant for it to be… every child deserves a chance to have picnics with their family. A joyful world where we all live in peace and harmony! It’s an idea that makes many people scoff… but it was strengthened in us on a picnic just the other day when the creators turned the music off…
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