Simple Beauty

I was thinking of the beauty of simplicity this morning and remembered the song by Shaker Elder Joseph in the late 1800s.

'Tis a gift to be simple, 'tis a gift to be free

'Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be,

And when we find ourselves in the place just right,

'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

When true simplicity is gain'd,

To bow and bend we shan't be asham'd,

To turn, turn will be our delight,

Till by turning, turning we come 'round right.