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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoyHealinghand" data-source="post: 69036" data-attributes="member: 1127">Joy's New Song to The LadyNonus 12 - morningAs soon as everyone gathers for breakfast and BEFORE she eats, Joy stands up, clears her throat and addresses the Champions, "I've written a new song for The Lady, and I want all of you to be the first to hear it.  Toiva helped with the music."  She looks a little nervous at first (something she normally isn't when she plays), but she takes a deep breath and strums the first cord on her lute with quiet self-possession.  The music is very different from what she normally plays--more...mature somehow.  It is stirring yet soothing, and you can hear Toiva's touch in the way the melody sticks in your head.  Joy begins to sing,The Lady is there.  The Lady listens. Open your spirit and hear with your heart. Align yourself with Her virtues, and She is never far. She does not touch lives as man touches man, but Her presence reaches out and covers the land. Like a mother and a father, She is parent to us all. And Her greatest joy is when we learn to walk - even if we fall. For the will to walk and the freedom to choose are Her gifts to us.What we make of them and our lives is our gift to Her -and to ourselves.As the last notes linger in the air, Joy looks at everyone, starting with Toiva, to try and gage their reactions.  Catching her lower lip between her teeth, she anxiously waits for responses.</blockquote>