DRINKING FROM THE SAUCER

 

DRINKING FROM THE SAUCER

 

I've never made a fortune,

and I'll never make one now.

But it really doesn't matter

'cause I'm happy anyhow.

 

As I go along my journey

I've reaped better than I've sowed.

I'm drinking from the saucer,

'cause my cup has overflowed.

 

I don't have a lot of riches

and sometimes the going's tough.

But while I've got my family to love me

I think I'm rich enough.

 

I'll just thank God for blessings

That His mercy has bestowed.

I'm drinking from the saucer

'cause my cup has overflowed.

 

If you give me strength and courage

When the way grows steep and rough,

I'll not ask for other blessings

I'm already blest enough.

 

May I never be too busy

To help bear another's load.

I'm drinking from the saucer,

'cause my cup has overflowed.

 

                                                                                                         - Author Unknown

 

 

 

When I was a child, I recall my grandfather drinking from the saucer, literally.  It's how he cooled his coffee before drinking from the cup. All of my grandparents, and parents, too, lived through "sometimes the going's tough," times in their lives.  But through their perseverance and faith, they were "Drinking from the saucer," because they knew their "cup ha(d) overflowed."