Paving
When we come to the point in Life where the number of days behind us far out-number the reasonably expected days ahead, then the wisdom we’ve accrued should be useful to others who follow. One of the challenges will be in finding the tools through which to impart and relay what we’ve learned, in some useful array. One possible avenue is: Rhyming poetry.
We who are in the process of counting those remaining days don’t have all the answers, to be sure, but we may have one or two which might “pave over” some rough spots for others – which we, years before, passed across.
No man stands alone, neither as an island nor an all-knowing wizard. It is our duty, simply because we at one time drew breath, to put as many stones in the roadway mankind has continued to construct, as is our ability to do. No payment or recompense is sought or expected. Rewards come at the very end of each individual journey: Someone else may use the roadway we helped, in some small, humbling part, to construct.
Copyright © Jack Clark | Year Posted 2014
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