7Go, eat – with rejoicing – your bread,
drink – with a good heart – your wine ,
because God already has approved your actions.
8At all times let it be that your clothes are white
and let it be that oil is not lacking on your head.
9Look to the days with the wife
whom you love
all the days of your ”mere-breath’ life
that you have been given under the sun,
all your mere-breath days,
because that is your portion in your lifetime
and in your labour that you work under the sun.
10Everything that your hand finds to do,
do with your strength,
because there is no labour, thought, knowledge, or wisdom in She’ol,
where you’re going.
Thank you, dear Jesus,
for all you have given me,
for all you have taken away from me,
for all you have left me.
Thomas More (c.1478-1535)