Sometime when youโre feeling important;
Sometime when your ego โs in bloom
Sometime when you take it for granted
Youโre the best qualified in the room,
Sometime 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 hand in it up to the wrist,
Pull it out and the hole thatโs remaining
Is a measure of how much youโll be missed.
You can splash all you wish when you enter,
You may stir up the water galore,
But stop, and youโll find that in no time
It looks quite the same as before.
The moral of this quaint example,
Is to do just the best that you can,
Be proud of yourself but remember
Thereโs no indispensable man.
- The Indispensable Man by Saxon White Kessinger