Enough

We don't have a big home, but we have a home

There aren't too many rooms to heat, but we have rooms to heat

We don't have a lot of money, but still we have some money

Nor is there fancy food to eat, and yet there is food to eat


Though riches have their grandeur, we have what is grander

We don't have too many things, but indeed we do have many things

No gilded clothes upon our backs, but there are clothes upon our backs

Others may not our praises sing, but with reason for praises we often sing


We've no space to flee from each other, but alas we have space to be with each other

A hungry soul thinks it desires more stuff, but a hunger-slaked soul no longer desires more stuff

The quantity is small of our heart's contents, but quantity does not make our hearts content

They say if we had more we would have enough, yet what more could be had since we have enough?

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