Thursday, May 21, 2020

The Optimist


Life handed him a lemon,

As Life sometimes will do.

His friends looked on in pity,

Assuming he was through.

They came upon him later,

Reclining in the shade

In calm contentment, drinking

A glass of lemonade.





poem published in a 1940 edition of The Rotarian

photo credit:  Photo By: Courtesy of Army Cols. Elizabeth and Aaron Martin

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