WONDERFUL

LOUIS ARMSTRONG was well-known for his trumpet playing, famous even for his duets with Ella Fitzgerald and for his deep, rasping voice. But he was probably best known for singing “What A Wonderful World”.

As inspirational a song as it is, many people used to take him to task over it. With all the war’s happening, the racism, the poverty and so on, how could he say this world was a wonderful one?

The world wasn’t a bad place, he would reply, but how we treated it might be.

It was the same when it came to our relationships with each other.

We only needed to treat each other – and the world – a little kinder.

And what was the secret to doing that? “Love”. Isn’t that wonderful?