Like a good medicine <br />It is the oil on a man's wagon <br />His sunshine in the rain <br />The breeze that blows his sail on. <br /> <br />A merry heart lasts longer <br />Prevents his bones from drying <br />Makes him do things better <br />His veins will not be clogging. <br /> <br />Arthritis will not pain him <br />And strokes are far behind, <br />His wrinkles will be few <br />For peace will fill his mind. <br /> <br />Wealth cannot purchase it <br />Nor surgery transplant <br />But a merry heart is nurtured <br />By a life that's free from want. <br /> <br /> <br />'A merry heart is like a good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.' (Proverbs 17: 22)<br /><br />Cynthia BuhainBaello<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-merry-heart/
