Judy Ball Poet Quatrain

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Sometimes though you have been taught in the best schools you still aren't as smart as some who never went to school at all.

Common sense and kindness go a long way.

Sometimes the wealthy are not as rich as they think they are and the poor are not as poor.

Another lady I remember put it this way,

"We aren't poor, we just don't have any money."

Looking Down

While looking down my nose on someone,
I thought less than me,
I failed to see her kindness,
Her generosity.

While looking down on someone else,
A dirty, unwashed beggar,
I failed to notice how he shared,
And called his friends together.

I'm proud of my intelligence,
My intellectual prowess,
And I look down on lesser minds,
That I think cannot process,

The in's and out's, intricacies,
Of certain mental matters,
And need to have it simplified,
And laid out on a platter.

I'm proud of my good grooming.
I'm quite the fashion plate.
My coiff, my clothes, my etiquette,
Why I think I'm just great.

How they can seem so happy,
So down right gratified,
I can't understand at all,
I'm never satisfied.

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Joseph May February 12, 2017 at 1:50 PM They smile to keep the tears from falling..We can learn from everyone...Nicely penned Judy...God Bless...

Just James February 7, 2017 at 10:40 PM I have noticed our African children with barely clothes to wear have the biggest smiles...it blows my mind every day! Great write well done! Judy Ball February 8, 2017 at 5:28 PM I've noticed their sweet smiles too on tv and it always touches my heart. My husband supports three of them. Thanks bunches. God Bless, JB

Carolyn Devonshire February 7, 2017 at 12:52 PM Oh, you are a master of irony, Judy. If we look down upon others, I think it shows something lacking in ourselves. That last verse blew me out of the water! I wasn't expecting it. Love, Carolyn Judy Ball February 7, 2017 at 5:08 PM Thanks so much Carolyn. Glad you like it. I was trying to show how when we look down on others what we detest the most in others is our own infirmities. "How can they be so happy in their grossness when I am so much better than them and I'm miserable." That sort of thing. Thanks bunches my friend. God Bless, JB

Richard Lamoureux February 7, 2017 at 8:17 AM Very well expressed! You make us all think. Judy Ball February 7, 2017 at 9:20 AM Thank you so much Richard. Glad you like it. God Bless, JB