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Mount Snowdon, Wales.

I Take Joy
 
I take joy every day, in the simplest of things,
Like the sound of the thrush, and the song that he brings,
Like the sight of the clouds, as they're drifting on by,
All floating around me, and filling the sky.
I take joy in a smile from a genuine face,
From a tender sweet look, or a gentle embrace,
I take joy in what's free, and costs nothing at all,
A moment of laughter which sometimes I recall.
I delight in the fact I am here every day,
A chance to enjoy all which might pass my way.
We pass this way once, so many would say -
But I take joy in fact that I'm living today.
The sounds of the world brings such pleasure to me,
After years of such silence - just the sound of a bee-
Is pure magic, enriching the joys of today,
As he scurries and buzzes and goes on his way.
I delight in the kindness of folks that I know,
The caring, the thoughtfulness, people can show.
I take joy in the fact that my heart knows no fear,
For I've been given today, and another bright year.
I thank God every day for the love I have known,
For each happy sweet day, for each tenderness shown.
I take joy in my heart, more than can be expressed -
For a life of such beauty - A life truly blessed.
Sally. Y. Hemingway.