Source: Age Concern Newsletter, August 2009.

“The following poem was found on the wall of a shepherd’s cottage out of Seddon in the 1960’s ………

Thank God for dirty dishes

They have a tale to tell

While others may go hungry

We’ve eaten very well

With home and help and happiness

We shouldn’t want to fuss

For by the stack of evidence

God’s been very good to us.

Sent in by Hassanah Lawler of Nelson.”

DISHES: They need to be dried

“LIFE IS FULL OF LITTLE DUTIES. WORRYING ABOUT THEM, GRUMBLING ABOUT THEM, DWELLING UPON THEM MAKES THE DUTIES SHACKLES WHICH BIND US, BUT JUST DOING THE DUTIES MAKES THEM WINGS.” – Anonymous