How much we have is really not the case,
but do we recognize just what we’ve got?
Shall we commiserate, and nightly pace
the floor, and stress our hearts with worry, not
about the needs of body, mind and soul,
but whether we have the things our neighbor does?
Shall we sit around and stare inside our bowl
and bemoan the fact we’ve now a little less?
Rather, let’s celebrate the fortunes that
surround us, while cherishing our memory
of richer times. Don’t covet the neighbor’s fat
purse, or lust upon his greenery;
yet if, perchance, our neighbor’s bowl is bare,
then shall we not divide our ‘haves’, and share?
Good night...
[This message has been edited by Jerry Glenn Hartwig (edited October 16, 2004).]
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