Be happy.

The doctor probably tells you this,

The respiratory nurse says that.

Consultants tells you something else

Which you think must be a fact.

But what really matters most,

Is how you feel yourself.

The thing that you'll get least help with

Is usually mental health.

It's possible to feel quite well,

Though suffering from something bad.

Or feeling sick with worry,

About something you've never had.

So work at keeping happy,

Or like me just act the clown.

Because it's most important,

That the buggers don't get you down.

[Pantani]

You've done it again Don by summing up my philosophy so succinctly. Keep up the good work, from one clown to another.

[chubby2x22]

Done it again Don, so very true. Hope your coping with the heat we are melting on the east coast. Jane

[sassy59]

Excellent as always Don. Keep being happy and take care. Xxx 💕💖😘

[Hidden]

Oh so true Don.

[lizzyw]

Thankyou for being a ray of sunshine and cheering us up 😀

[breatheeasy1]

Great advice Don😉😊

[pegbl]

Well said Don........be happy a HAPPY CLOWN 🤡 Xx

[Hacienda]

Big Smile here as Your Clown, great Advice Done. xxxxx

[Hacienda]

ooops, Sorry, DON. xxxx

[Hidden]

Here here Don!

[Izb1]

So true Don, love the emoji clown x

[Hidden]

Nailed it again Don..and todays diagnoses is (drum roll)

[sukee52]

🤣🤡🤣

[Ergendl]

Yup, don't let the buggers spoil my peace of mind or live rent free in my head.

[Shirleyj]

Definitely agreed 😀😀

[mskpjb]

Ten out of ten Don ! Sheila xx

[Feelingblessed2013]

You are right again. Don't let the buggers get you down. My first oncologist once told me that a good attitude is very important. You seem to have mastered that

[donut43]

Hey so right! I see the clown I like the poem I like the ideas . It's cheered me up that poem has.

Dan

[SquirrelsHolt]

Oh how very true your words are Mr D!

[13cats-lives]

Thank younDon, your a tonic, perhaps with a shot of Gin! You”ve cheered me up no end, and I intend to show your little ditty to my Now happy husband! I was just saying about how we had talked, and ended up laughing, like the Old days 😊😂. When he did retire to bed, I phoned him up and sang to him - So there’s something in the air...🤞. Once again thank you for being my tonic, All the best, Happy Wife and Carer!!

[Lyd12]

Good one Don. I remember chatting to a neighbour once, who lived with her elderly in laws. I was saying yes, its hard getting older and she said, "Ah, but you've got spirit", hope I have still got it!

[Hidden in reply to Lyd12]

The responses and the poems that you post show that you still have it in abundance. 👍😉

[Lyd12 in reply to Hidden]

You too Don. Mine goes missing now and again but so far manages to come back! Thank god for it, love Iris x