Thursday 3 August 2017

THE GOOD LIFE:

THE GOOD LIFE:
What does the good life mean to you?
Health, wealth or fame.
I like to know where I am going,
But never forget from where I came.

To have good health would be lovely,
But wealth or fame dosen't mean a thing.
What good would that do me?
Why! I can't even sing.

The idea good life for me.
Is for my family to be proud.
Proud of the things I've achieved in my life,
And pleased to have me around.

To help someone less fortunate than I.
When and wherever I can.
If it's just to give them a smile,
Albeit a child, woman or man.

The good life is not about possessions.
Money, greed or gain.
It's all about helping people.
Through their heartaches and their pain.

If you can achieve these things my friend.
You'll have a good life I can tell.
Imagine at the end of the day,
You can smile and say "Yes, all is well".

From my book
"MOMENTS OF MY LIFE"
Copyright and all rights reserved.
Yvonne Lewis 2014:

14 comments:

  1. Beautiful thoughts indeed, and the idea of about what having a good life means is certainly food for thought. Nice of you to share!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Blogoratti for your kind comment.

      Yvonne.

      Delete
  2. The good life is one lived for God.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. That's why I believe in helping people Alex.

      Yvonne.

      Delete
  3. All is well sure is the way for life to be swell

    ReplyDelete
  4. You captured the key points to a good life. I smiled at your poem!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Joanne, pleased you liked the post.

      Yvonne.

      Delete
  5. It's all about helping people.
    Through their heartaches and their pain.

    Exactly Yvonne. It cannot be any other way!

    Hank

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Hank for your lovely comment.

      Yvonne.

      Delete
  6. What wonderful sentiment and expressed perfectly.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Sandra for your comment, always welcomed.

      Yvonne.

      Delete
  7. I completely agree with you. Thank you for expressing this so nicely.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Very kind of you to say so Martin.

    Yvonne.

    ReplyDelete