(Stolen from elsewhere.....)

Pause and Reflect:

The Indispensable Man.

Some time when you're feeling important,
Some time when your ego's in bloom,
Some time when you take it for granted
You're the best qualified man in the room;
Some time when you feel that your going
Would leave an unfillable hole,
Just follow these simple instructions
And see how they humble your Soul

Take a bucket and fill it with water,
Put your hands in it up to your wrists,
Pull them out - and the hole that remains
Is the measure of how you'll be missed.
You may splash all you please when you enter,
You may stir up the waters galore,
But , Stop! and you'll find in a minute
That it looks just the same as before.

The moral of this is quite simple:
You must do the best that you can:
Be proud of yourself, but remember -
There is no indispensable man! (Or woman!!)
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Nick

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No man remains quite what he was when he recognises himself. - Thomas Mann
(1875-1955), German author