Saturday 18 January 2014

Happiness by A.A Milne

Happiness by A.A Milne (1882-1956)

John had great big waterproof boots on;

John had a great big waterproof hat;

John had a great big waterproof mackintosh - 

And that (said John) is that.



I have met so many great people through social media networks & it never fails to surprise how 'connected' we can feel to each other even if we have only ever met on line or briefly in real life. So I was really delighted when Conor Galvin who is a lecturer at UCD sent me a tweet about this perfect little A.A Milne poem called Happiness from Brain Pickings. He thought it was perfect for me given the title of the blog & I just loved this little verse so much I decided to make it into a post!

6 comments:

  1. Love that poem! And it is perfect for your post.

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    1. It is brilliant, I will have to get the book & I will teach this one to the kids.

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  2. One of my favorites!!!! Milne is one of my favorite philosophers! ;)

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  3. I read the poem in my mum's voice.
    And it fits your photo perfectly.

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    1. It does doesn't it? I think this would be great printed out as inspiration to get outside in the rain.

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