On this recording strings were added and ultimately it became the title track as it set the tone for the album's central theme of the all-healing power of love, hope and inspiration.

For the album Griffith choose an eclectic mix of styles adapting poems, traditional (fourth track The Cuckoo) and contemporary songs.

The poem and ninth track Passing Thoughts was written by her older brother Fred Sisson and set to music by Carey Creed.

It's about embracing the big stuff—like comforting someone or making them smile, savoring the light of a candle on a winter's night or the sunlight in the whispering summer leaves on a walk in the woods.

I think I've gone a bit further into the dark side of living than on my other albums, but I'm hoping this eyes-wide-open look at struggle makes the beacon—the light of love in a friend's eyes or the spark to dance in the face of an avalanche—shine more brightly.