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Appreciate what you have, not what you could have had.

Don'T Look Down Your Nose

Don't Look Down Your Nose
By Franklin Price
7/17/2016

Don't look down your nose at me
I'm just as good as you
I may not have the things you have
Or do the things you do

There is no yacht upon the sea
Or a mansion on the hill
But I like who's in the mirror
And I know I always will

That someone there looks back at me
And winks, how is your day?
I wink right back, and give a grin,
And this is what I say

Got food upon the table
Got a roof above my head
Got a wife who really loves me
Family, friends who make me glad

A little money in my pocket
After all the bills are here
Can use it for vacation
Or a cold, hot summer, beer

Could have been a millionaire 
But I'm happy, don't you see
I love the life I'm living
Don't look down your nose at me
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Woods    Avatar
July 17, 2016 at 11:35 PM
Damn straight! I can't see the sense in being the richest man in the cemetery. Life is to be lived and as long as we have the basics, what more could we want.
Price Avatar
July 18, 2016 at 12:47 PM
A man who appreciates, Thanks
Merryman Avatar
July 17, 2016 at 5:00 PM
I love this, Franklin! You know what really matters! Blessings!
Price Avatar
July 18, 2016 at 12:48 PM
Blessings to you too Kim. Thanks for visiting
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