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 it humbles your soul.


Take a bucket and fill it with water,
Dip your hand in it up to the wrist;
Pull it out, and the hold that’s remaining
Is a measure of how much you’ll be missed.
You may splash all you like when you enter,
You may stir up the water galore,
But stop and you’ll find in a moment
That it looks quite the same as before.


The moral of this quaint example
Is to do just the best you can.
Be proud of yourself, but remember
There is no indispensable man!


-Walter L. Whonsetler