December 2020
Many thanks to Bill and Kay Plitt* for their many years of work with the Nassars to build an international community working to “create a better, more tolerant, peaceful world. In these challenging times, your song, “Loving Acts of Kindness” is a wonderful gift to the FOTONNA family.
Click here to listen to the RECORDING of Kay and Bill, singing “Loving Acts of Kindness”***
Loving Acts of Kindness
Capo 3 – sounds in Bb
Chorus:
|G – – – |Am – – – |
Lov – ing acts of kind – ness make the world what it is
|C – D7 – |G – – – |
There are qui – et serv – ants ‘round us, so it seems.
|G – – – |Am – – – |
In times of great un – rest they work end – less – ly,
|C – D7 – |G – – – |
Re – stor – ing faith in our hu – man – i – ty.
|G – – – |Am – – – |
1. The clerk be – hind the coun – ter, who greets you with a smile,
2. Health care work – ers risk their lives each and eve – ry day
3. The young babe leaves the shel – ter of moth – er’s lov – ing arms
4. In our house, as in yours per – haps, a small dog wan-ders free;
5. Fam – ‘ly, friends and kindly stran – gers help a – long the way.
6. When lead-ers seek to serve them-selves and mock the rule of law
|C – D7 – | G – – – |
1. Let – ter car – riers bring – ing news from home
2. To help re – store the life that you once had.
3. And ven-tures on her own in – to the yard.
4. He barks at cats and squir-rels fre – quent- ly.
5. To get us through some ver – y try – ing times,
6. Or – din – ar – y folk will rise to say,
|G – – – |Am – – – |
1. A neigh – bor who takes time to say, “Just wond’ring how you are,”
2. Not com – plain – ing, nev-er wav’ring, fight – ing for your life
3. She points to birds there fly – ing, —— so high up in the sky,
4. Then leaps in – to our laps ————- to claim his right – ful place
5. With grace and with hu – mil – i – ty and lov – ing at – ti – tude
6. “No mat-ter what our col – or, ———– our faith or how we pray,
|C – D7 – |G – – – |
1. And phone calls from our dear friends near and far.
2. Real he – roes of the day re – duce our strife.
3. And smiles and waves at eve – ry pas – ser- by.
4. Re – stor – ing or – der to our time and space.
5. We owe them all a debt of gra – ti – tude.
6. “To – geth – er we can find a bet – ter way!”
*Bill and Kay served as FOTONNA leaders from the organization’s founding until 2021. That year Kay retired from caring for most of the essential support work for FOTONNA. Bill continues to serve as FOTONNA Steering Committee Senior Consultant and Historian.