{"id":71674,"date":"2020-07-30T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=71674"},"modified":"2020-07-30T16:04:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T20:04:26","slug":"the-best-of-rooms-the-road-not-taken-randall-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2020\/07\/30\/the-best-of-rooms-the-road-not-taken-randall-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Best of Rooms&#8221; &#038; &#8220;The Road Not Taken&#8221; [Randall Thompson]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SSKn-Q_zdkk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Best of Rooms<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; by Randall Thompson<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Christ, He requires still, wheresoe\u2019er He comes,<br \/>\nTo feed, or lodge, to have the best of rooms:<br \/>\nGive Him the choice; grant Him the nobler part,<br \/>\nOf all the house:, the best of all\u2019s the heart.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t7If7xRDLos\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">This is a beautiful piece as well:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?list=SRThe%20Road%20Not%20Taken%20-%20Randall%20Thompson%20Randall%20Thompson&amp;time_continue=4&amp;v=ahjYPkA1QYc&amp;feature=emb_logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;The Road Not Taken&#8221;<\/a>&#8212; <\/strong>by Randall Thompson<\/p>\n<p>Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,<br \/>\nAnd sorry I could not travel both<br \/>\nAnd be one traveler, long I stood<br \/>\nAnd looked down one as far as I could<br \/>\nTo where it bent in the undergrowth;<\/p>\n<p>Then took the other, as just as fair,<br \/>\nAnd having perhaps the better claim,<br \/>\nBecause it was grassy and wanted wear;<br \/>\nThough as for that the passing there<br \/>\nHad worn them really about the same,<\/p>\n<p>And both that morning equally lay<br \/>\nIn leaves no step had trodden black.<br \/>\nOh, I kept the first for another day!<br \/>\nYet knowing how way leads on to way,<br \/>\nI doubted if I should ever come back.<\/p>\n<p>I shall be telling this with a sigh<br \/>\nSomewhere ages and ages hence:<br \/>\nTwo roads diverged in a wood, and I\u2014<br \/>\nI took the one less traveled by,<br \/>\nAnd that has made all the difference.<br \/>\nAnd that has made all the difference.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ahjYPkA1QYc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Addendum:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">My oldest sister posted<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JonathanRoumieOfficial\/videos\/phenomenal-rendition-of-ubi-caritas-latin-hymn\/595033917802390\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>this beautiful recording today.<\/strong> <\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Good timing sis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>LATIN TEXT:<br \/>\nUbi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.<br \/>\nCongregavit nos in unum Christi amor.<br \/>\nExsultemus, et in ipso jucundemur.<br \/>\nTimeamus, et amemus Deum vivum.<br \/>\nEt ex corde diligamus nos sincero.<\/p>\n<p>ENGLISH TRANSLATION:<br \/>\nWhere charity and love are, there God is.<br \/>\nThe love of Christ has gathered us into one.<br \/>\nLet us exult, and in Him be joyful.<br \/>\nLet us fear and let us love the living God.<br \/>\nAnd from a sincere heart let us love each other (and Him).<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JonathanRoumieOfficial\/videos\/phenomenal-rendition-of-ubi-caritas-latin-hymn\/595033917802390\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Best of Rooms &#8212; by Randall Thompson Christ, He requires still, wheresoe\u2019er He comes, To feed, or lodge, to have the best of rooms: Give Him the choice; grant Him the nobler part, Of all the house:, the best of all\u2019s the heart. 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