NO INDISPENSABLE MAN
(Author unknown)
©1965 Mary Reeves Inc.
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 you're 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 hand in it up to your wrist,
Pull it out and the hole that's remaining
Is a measure of how you'll be missed.
You can splash all you wish when you enter,
You may stir up the water galore,
But stop, and you'll find that in no time
It looks quite the same as before.
The moral in this quaint example
Is do just the best that you can.
Be proud of yourself, but remember...
There is no indispensable man.
This poem was taken from
THE JIM REEVES MEMORIAL
&
SOUVENIR PHOTO ALBUM VOLUME
1.
This was Jim's favorite
poem and
it was hung on the wall
of his office.