Make Your Wisdom Into a Bridge
I got a message from a good friend the other day, and in it he shared a wonderful poem that I will now share with you. Since tonight I am pressed for time in writing, the poem will be the focal point of what I have to say.
In pursuit of longevity, those of us over the age of 50 need to give ourselves credit for the wisdom of our years and what the sharing of that wisdom can mean to those following behind us, including our children, grandchildren, fellow workers and/or younger friends. While many of us still have our own daily struggles with health, finances, and obligations too numerous to mention, we have experience(s) that can lessen the struggles of someone else. I’ve found that I’ve reached a point in my life where I, quite frankly, am pleasantly amazed by my insights and the fact that they have “suddenly” appeared! So who knows…maybe by sharing some of those insights or life lessons with a member of a younger generation (who may not even be aware he or she is being enlightened), it will be of benefit to that young person somewhere down that “long and winding road” (thank you John and Paul).
THE BRIDGE BUILDER
An old man, going a lone highway,
Came at the evening cold and gray,
To a chasm, vast and deep and wide,
Through which was flowing a sullen tide.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim-
That sullen stream had no fears for him;
But he turned, when he reached the other side,
And built a bridge to span the tide.
“Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim near,
“You are wasting strength in building here.
Your journey will end with the ending day;
You never again must pass this way.
You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide,
Why build you the bridge at the eventide?”
The builder lifted his old gray head.
“Good friend, in the path I have come,” he said,
“There followeth after me today
A youth whose feet must pass this way.
This chasm that has been naught to me
To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;
Good friend, I am building the bridge for him.”
-WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE
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