By Scott Shephard

People of a certain age (60s and 70s) will no doubt remember at least a few of the songs of The Moody Blues. Both the lyrics and the technical aspects of some of the recordings were pretty trippy. But some of the songs were powerfully simple. Consider these lyrics

Listen, hear the sound
The child awakes
Wonder all around
The child awakes

Now in her life, she never must be lost
No thoughts must deceive her
In life she must trust

With the eyes of a child
You must come out and see
That your world's spinning 'round
And through life you will be

A small part of a hope
Of a love that exists
In the eyes of a child you will see

It’s odd that I think of something I listened to almost 50 years ago when I look at this picture of our oldest granddaughter Glenyce. I can’t help wondering what she is thinking at the moment I captured this image. But I know her well enough to know that this look is “real.” I don’t see uncertainty or doubt. And I don’t see impatience or judgement. I see trust, innocence, patience and purity.

When I look at Glenyce here, I am reminded that if I would be a little less cynical and jaded, and more child-like, I would be a better person: “And through life you will be a small part of a hope of a love that exists in the eyes of a child you will see.”

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