Joyful Health
Rhyme + Acrostic
Some go by age, some jump on the scale.
Some list their ailments, as if that
were to avail?
Then there are those who look in the mirror.
But here are the qualities, I think
make up true health,
Listed in an acrostic, I do try to master for myself.
H-happiness
E-effervescent
A-aliveness
L-loving
T-tenacious
H-harmonious
Add to all this a day devoted to God?
Much better than being operated
on by an orthopod!
11/6/2019
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