richards odes

Fortunate

While strolling round a golf course on a bright and sunny day

I thank my God in heaven that I’m fit enough to play!

I have my minor ailments, like others of my years

And true the pain can sometimes incline my eyes to tears.

I know I’m sometimes moaning about how my heel is sore

And that my back is aching enough to make me roar.

But when I look around me at others as they suffer

I can but conclude I am a fortunate old duffer!

I have to stick to half a round for a little while

But still I get to play enough to make me want to smile.

With badminton and the tennis, which we play with softer ball,

If I do not play too much it hardly hurts at all!

I’ve got enough for all my needs and even some to spare

I can never say, for me, that life has been unfair.

I’ve had my love beside me for two thirds of my life

I could not have had a better woman as my wife!

All in all, I’m fortunate and in the main I know

I should kneel in gratitude to the God who made it so!