But If We Had No Silly Ways...

But if we had no silly ways

And we were all good and devout

Doing those things we know we should

…whatever would we talk about?

If no ill-fortune spilled its brush

No slip or stumble sought us out  

To keep us humble, as we blush

…whatever would we laugh about?

If we had everything we want

And didn’t need to do without

But every wish was fate’s command

What ever would we dream about?

...and if we had no rainy days

No disappointment-provoked pout

No wakened joys to prompt our praise 

Whatever would we sing about?

If we knew without being taught

And life’s unknowns were all poured out

And suffering, a foreign thought

Whatever would we pray about?

© Janet Martin

Yesterday we sisters and mom celebrated my oldest sister's 50th birthday with a tea-party at one of our houses. As 'Birthday-girl' posed for a photo I remarked 'still beautiful and slim'! Of course, this spawned a 'help, I'm getting fat'  conversation, one which our mother soundly scolded as she reminded us we are healthy and weight dare never be a god/idol or how are we to set an example for our young girls...!! (once a mother, always a mother;) She is right. None of us are over-weight but we live in an appearance-OBSESSED culture and the pressures to look a certain way are everywhere! As we chatted I realized if our lives were perfect we would have nothing to talk,laugh,dream,sing, pray about!