Sharing this poem written by Kurt Vonnegut as a homage to his friend Joseph Heller. Heller was an American author whose best-known work is the 1961 novel Catch-22.
The poem was originally published in The New Yorker in May of 2005.
True story, Word of Honor:
Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer
now dead,
and I were at a party given by a billionaire
on Shelter island.
I said, “Joe, how does it make you feel
to know that our host only yesterday
may have made more money
than your novel ‘Cach-22’
has earned in its entire history?”
And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.”
And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?”
And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.”
Not bad! Rest in peace!
Do you have enough in various aspects of your life – Family, Friends, Work, Money?
Do we sometimes need reminding that we have enough?
My Money Box 