[memcom] Building bridges to the next generation
Roberta L. Dougherty
rdougherty@simcare.net
Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:26:14 -0400
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Hello Friends,
Recently someone asked me why I worked so hard to develop youth =
activities and promote education and membership activities for youth and =
programs for USPS growth. The experience at the BSA Jamboree was =
exhilarating and brought it all home to me again, that we must reach out =
to the younger generation to connect them to USPS and our safe boating =
program. However, tonight I was reading some poems and came across this =
one and it really struck a cord why I think, many of you, as well as me, =
work so hard for USPS and membership.
Enjoy!
Roberta=20
The Bridge Builder by Will Allen Dromgoole
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;
The sullen stream had no fears for him;
But he turned when safe on the other side
And built a bridge to span the tide,
"Old Man," said a fellow pilgrim near,
"You are wasting strength with 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!"
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Friends,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Recently someone asked me why I worked =
so hard to=20
develop youth activities and promote education and membership =
activities=20
for youth and programs for USPS growth. The experience =
at the=20
BSA Jamboree was exhilarating and brought it all home to me again, =
that we=20
must reach out to the younger generation to connect them to USPS and our =
safe=20
boating program. However, tonight I was reading some poems and =
came across=20
this one and it really struck a cord why I think, many of =
you, as=20
well as me, work so hard for USPS and membership.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Enjoy!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Roberta </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><STRONG>The Bridge Builder</STRONG> by =
Will Allen=20
Dromgoole</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>An old man, going a lone =
highway,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Came at the evening, cold and =
gray,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To a chasm,vast and deep and =
wide</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Through which was flowing a sullen=20
tide.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The old man crossed in the twilight=20
dim;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The sullen stream had no fears for=20
him;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>But he turned when safe on the other=20
side</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And built a bridge to span the =
tide,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Old Man," said a fellow pilgrim =
near,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"You are wasting strength with building =
here;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Your journey will end with the ending=20
day;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>You never again must pass this =
way;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>You have crossed the chasm, deep and=20
wide--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Why build you the bridge at the=20
eventide?"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The builder lifted his old gray =
head;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Good friend, in the path I have come," =
he=20
said,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"There followeth after me =
today</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A youth whose feet must pass this =
way,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This chasm that has been naught to =
me</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall =
be.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>He, too, must cross in the twilight=20
dim;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good friend, I am building the bridge =
for=20
him!"</FONT></DIV>
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