On a social network, a friend adapted Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If” to "When". It was very good and made me ponder along the same lines. When you’ve done it all, to the best of your ability, and you’re at the end: What then? Heaven? Hell? Nowhere and nothing? So then, what is the purpose of living a good life?
When You’ve Lived And Done
– By -
Vaughan Jones
When you’ve run all your races, and now you’re spent,
When you’ve acted honourably and said all you’ve meant,
When you’ve won and achieved most all of your goals,
When you’ve successfully played out all of your roles,
AND
When you’ve obeyed all laws and rules in your life,
And you’ve kept the peace, living without any strife,
When you’ve worked hard, sweat dripping from your brow,
And you’ve provided for your kin without any row.
AND
When all is said and done, for your country you’ve fought,
You’ve learned many lessons, done everything you were taught,
When all’s done, and at the end of your life here on earth,
Does God pat you on the back and say without any mirth,
You have done well, my child, here’s your reward.
OR
Too bad, so sad,
From Your Dad.
AMEN….
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