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Tracks in the Snow Lyrics
Whoa, I hear the quiet now
Of paper airplanes falling down
Whoa, the branches of every tree
Bend like a cathedral over me
Down where the river bends, everyone's waiting
But that's not the reason I'm making these tracks in the snow
There's a box in my hands as I go
Wrapped up in scarlet and gold
For you
Whoa, there's a choir upon the wind
Singing old familiar hymns
And my ears they're playing tricks on me
I can almost hear harmony
Down where the river bends, that's where you're waiting
You are the reason I'm making these tracks in the snow
There's a box in my hands as I go
Wrapped up in scarlet and gold
For you (x2)
Down where the river bends, nobody's waiting
But there's still a reason for making these tracks in the snow
Down at the end of the road
I'll clear a place in the snow
Leave this box wrapped in scarlet and gold
For you (x2)
Of paper airplanes falling down
Whoa, the branches of every tree
Bend like a cathedral over me
But that's not the reason I'm making these tracks in the snow
There's a box in my hands as I go
Wrapped up in scarlet and gold
For you
Singing old familiar hymns
And my ears they're playing tricks on me
I can almost hear harmony
You are the reason I'm making these tracks in the snow
There's a box in my hands as I go
Wrapped up in scarlet and gold
For you (x2)
But there's still a reason for making these tracks in the snow
Down at the end of the road
I'll clear a place in the snow
Leave this box wrapped in scarlet and gold
For you (x2)
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The reason you are seeking is causing you to seek -a Buddhist maxim that was used by Cheri Huber as the title of her book.
We each bring a gift to the world, maybe its something positive like gratitude and appreciation, or maybe its a pestilence like Pandora's box.
Maybe our gift will be received with gratitude and appreciation or maybe it will be maligned and beaten into hiding or maybe it will be destroyed.
What matters is that we know we learn what our gift is, and we learn how to be a gift to others. What matters even more is that we learn the only gift we can give is gratitude and appreciation. Everything else is violence.
We walk on the Earth but we must appreciate her and thank her for everything she gives to us, every breath, every drop of water, every morsel of food, every cool breeze on a hot day or warm pool of sunshine on a cold day.
Read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. That's what this song is about.