I ask you not to keep me, Lord,
I've no fear for the coming storm.
My life has led away from harm
My resting place is safe and warm.

Instead, my God, I beg of you
To keep all those that seem but lost
The broken, sick and destitute,
The battle-scarred, the tempest-tossed.

If some great blessing you had planned
To cast on me, I don't deserve.
Instead bestow that act of love
On those the world sees under-served.

Smile.
Smile because on this day last year you were going through something horrible and even though you thought things wouldn't get better they did.
Smile because the person who attempts to dim your shine needs to be reminded that not everyone is a **** and out to hurt them.
Smile because you're alive.
Smile because your favorite song played on the radio five times already and you wish it would play again.
Smile because even though you have no plans today that's fine because now you can spend time with yourself and give yourself some undivided attention.
Smile because you love yourself.
Smile because whether your teeth are perfect or crooked your smile is beautiful as ****.
Smile because everytime you smile you send a dose of magic into the world that makes someone else's day that much better.

In the new year
I have three wishes
For all people
In the world
First , peace
Second, joy
And third ,  a happy world

Wake up
With determination
Go to bed
With satisfaction

Listen
With ears
Of tolerance
See
Through the eyes
Of compassion
Speak
With the language
Of kindness

In my room
There's a sweet melody
By my hands

Nothing
Is
More
Beautiful
Than
A smile
That
Has
Struggled
Through
Tears

When
You
Do
Things
From
Your
Soul
You
Feel
A river
Moving
In
You
A joy

Kindness
Is
A
Language
In
Which
The
Deaf
Can
Hear
And
The
blind
Can
See

I walked along the mountain stream
Where dancing sunbeams shone and gleamed

It was such a peaceful place
The gentle breeze carressed my face

I came across a country stile
Where I could sit and think awhile

Far  away  from  this  dangerous  world
The  natural  beauty  just  unfurled.

Keith  Wilson.  Windermere.  UK  2016.