Many young ones are heading to the woods this weekend with the Juvenile hunt in full swing. I wanted to share a relevant and timely poem. While I am unsure of the original author and have seen a few different variations, it is the meaning and impact that matters.
If you have a little one following you, into the woods or just through life, then read this carefully and allow the weight of it to make you stronger. I read this daily to help me to be better for the ones that follow me!
“A LITTLE FELLOW FOLLOWS ME”
A careful man I want to be,
A little fellow follows me;
I do not dare to go astray,
For fear he’ll go the self-same way.
I cannot once escape his eyes,
What’er he sees me do, he tries;
Like me he says he’s going to be,
The little chap who follows me.
He thinks that I am good and fine,
Believes in every work of mine;
The base in me he must not see,
The little chap who follows me.
I must remember as I go,
Through summer’s sun and winter’s snow;
I’m building for the years to be
That little chap who follows me.
But after all it’s easier,
that brighter road to climb,
With little hands behind me —
to push me all the time.
And I reckon I’m a better man
than what I used to be…
Because I have this lad at home
who thinks the world of me
Do you have any readings or momentos that remind you of your purpose and the importance of being present and living the full life that GOD has created us to live?