Are You Feeling Important Today?

My Dad used to tell me a story about feeling important. He said if I ever felt indispensable, to get a glass of water. Then stick my finger down in the water. Then pull out my finger, and if it left a hole, then I was indispensable. I'll never forget what he said.

Dad sent me the following poem the other day which tells a similar lesson. It came from friends of his in Australia. You can visit them by going to the web site of Glen and Colleen Williams. They have many interesting things on their web site.

Indispensable Man
Sometimes when you think you’re important
Sometimes when you’re in bloom
Sometimes when you take it for granted
That you’re the most qualified in the room

Sometimes when you think that your leaving
Will leave an unfillable hole.
Just take this simple example
And see how it humbles your soul

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

You may splash all you wish as you enter
You may stir up the water galore
But just wait for only one minute
And you will find it’s the same as before

Now the moral to this little story
Is to do the best you that can
Be proud of yourself but remember
There’s no indispensable man

~by Saxon White Kessinger

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Quote of the Day
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years."
~Abraham Lincoln

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Joke of the Day
Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble
when they open their mouths.
~Author Unknown