Peeping Over The Parapet...

We have all we need...food on the table and warmth when it's cold...enough clothes and hot water and a loo that flushes.

We have good neighbours and a reliable car and just enough money to spare for hobbies...

There are our pets...the kittens who snuggle up and purr in my ear at night...the dogs Himself enjoys walking every day...the donkeys, who are kindly and gentle.

We have the internet to entertain and to teach new skills...and who has given us on-line friends from all over the world.

There is the Atlantic ocean not so far away...Goldfinches who come to the feeders and wild Orchids growing in profusion every Spring...

We have warm and comfortable beds...books to read and music to listen to...

How dreadfully sad and lonely must those people be who come here to pick and find fault...how shallow their lives seem.

They are to be pitied I think...