Thought for Wednesday, Aug 29, 2007

An Ode to an Indispensable Man

Sometime, when you're feeling important
Sometime, when your ego's in bloom,
Sometime, when you take it for granted
You're the best qualified in the room;

Sometime when you feel that your going
Would leave an unfillable hole,
Just follow this simple instruction
And see how it humbles your soul.

Take a bucket and fill it with water;
Put your hand in it, up to the wrist.
Pull it out, and the hole that's remaining
Is the measure of how you'll be missed.

You may splash all you please when you enter,
You can stir up the water galore,
But stop, and you'll find in a minute
That it looks just the same as before.

The moral is this quaint example
Is to do the best job that you can.
Be proud of yourself, but remember --
There is no indispensable man.

-Anonymous
From the Bill Wagner Collection