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!
Love that poem! And it is perfect for your post.
ReplyDeleteIt is brilliant, I will have to get the book & I will teach this one to the kids.
DeleteOne of my favorites!!!! Milne is one of my favorite philosophers! ;)
ReplyDeleteIt is now for me too!
DeleteI read the poem in my mum's voice.
ReplyDeleteAnd it fits your photo perfectly.
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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