Leaders who are attacked while in office I find interesting. Please note: all politicians have their political enemies, I am talking of those who are reviled. Harper? Nixon? GWB? and of course DJT?
No matter what they do, a sizable cohort will oppose them, of course, the same will later on rave on their policies, and if enough time passes will even give credit where due.
The leader I find interesting today is another sort. Was he a Christian in world view, I believe so, was he saved? I don't know. Was he a good man? definitely.
Apparently he carried this throughout his time in public service and office.
"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 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 thats remaining, Is the measure of how much 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 of this quaint example, Is to do just the best that you can,
Be proud of yourself but remember, There is no indispensable man..."
Reportedly carried by President / General Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890-1969
Dwight Eisenhower (right)
No matter what they do, a sizable cohort will oppose them, of course, the same will later on rave on their policies, and if enough time passes will even give credit where due.
The leader I find interesting today is another sort. Was he a Christian in world view, I believe so, was he saved? I don't know. Was he a good man? definitely.
Apparently he carried this throughout his time in public service and office.
"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 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 thats remaining, Is the measure of how much 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 of this quaint example, Is to do just the best that you can,
Be proud of yourself but remember, There is no indispensable man..."
Reportedly carried by President / General Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890-1969
Dwight Eisenhower (right)
1 comment:
The thing I find most interesting about his career. He was elected because the electorate believed he was honest. Squeaky clean.
What ended his career was the Francis Gary Powers U2 incident, which as president he was caught out in a lie, not once, not twice...
It destroyed the chances of his vice taking over the office landing the US with John Kennedy. js
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