How happy is the little stone

Today I found a poem by Emily Dickinson that interested me for the choir piece commission.

“How happy is the little stone
That rambles in the road alone,
And doesn’t care about careers,
And exigencies never fears;

Whose coat of elemental brown
A passing universe put on;
And independent as the sun,
Associates or grows alone,
Fulfilling absolute decree
In casual simplicity."

The ACJC Alumni choir, said - in the commission agreement - that I should use a happy text because this concert is the 30th anniversary. I thought this poem could be an interesting one because I can associate the choir with the little stone that Dickinson refer in her poem.