"Pursuits"

“Pursuits”

Some men spend their lives chasing  .  .    .

Their dad’s shadow

Some men spend their lives dashing after

small balls………………………..

………………………… in their own field of dreams

Child’s-play

 instead of God-sized ambition and courage

Makes a midget of many a man

Gilt-covered riches

When the real treasure

Is the soul of every man

Intellect, instead of wisdom

Greed, instead of compassion

The expedient for the eternal

The cheap for the priceless

The common for the rare

Dung for gold

These are the choices set before you

Everyday

Choose wisely

For an answer, each man must give

Of how he has spent

The currency of each day

Spend wisely

                                                                                               

To build a home, not a house

                                                                                                To unite a family, not estrange its members

                                                                                                To heal, not crush

                                                                                                To serve, not command

Leave an inheritance

That blesses and increases

The sphere of your influence

even after

Your death

So that your sons walk

not in your shadow

But in the footprints

you leave………………………………….

………………………………………………

……………………………………a clear path to eternity

That is the inheritance I wish to bequeath to you

- Daddy God