Front:
Fletcher's
Family
Philosophy
No. 71
No great adventu re ever fires
My daily walk abroad,
Nor be it said my goal requires
Excitement for reward.
Though some may only measure gain
By battles left behind,
There still are some who ascertain
Their wealth by peace of mind.
It may be true that one man's meat
May be another's bane.
While some may suffer from the heat,
It also eases pain.
I gamble not for life's high stakes,
But just to make the grade;
And, if at times I make mistakes,
What counts is how I played.
While on your daily rounds you walk,
Be tolerant and just;
For what you say in idle talk
May wreck some fellow's trust.
Ask not if someone lost or won,
But only
Nor ask him if his task be done,
But what he did and why.
I envy not the millionaire
Nor wish for unearned boon.
build no castles in the air,
Nor reach beyond the moon.
The simple things in life are still
The ones that make me glad
Like finding one five-dollar bill
I didn't know I had!
did he try?
Copyright 1965 by Harry Wellesley Fletcher
Back:
An original poem by
Harry Wellesley Fletcher
one of a series previously published
in The Carmel (Calif.) Pine Cone.
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