To Gain Wisdom - Tweedle Dum

There was once a man of much renown

Whose store of wisdom was said to have grown

To such a degree that was beyond comparison

And with it had grown love and compassion

Beauty and strength, and of course soon there came

With all these virtues success and fame

He lived a life of pleasure, one of great luxury

But never for one moment did he lose his humility

Though others denied it, he said he was no better

Than any other person, no cleverer, no greater;

The one thing that might set him above the rest

Was curiosity and learning, for which a burning zest

Had been, since childhood, his constant companion.

And that was his secret, his source of wisdom.

What we get to learn from this anecdote

Is that wisdom should lie at the end of each road

We chose in our lives; and that the road should be

Fraught with the key to learning, with curiosity

And if the road we choose should fulfill

The destination- wisdom, and fit the bill

For the path- curiosity then I proclaim

That on the way will be success and fame.

So thus, in short, is the moral of the story

The aim of our lives should never be money

Nor should it be the means to obtain

Such meaningless trifles as that fickle fame

Instead the only purpose of our journey

Should be that all-important curiosity

Which will then lead us to the home of wisdom

And will open the door and on the way in will come

Great knowledge; and on the way up the stairs

We shall meet with money, fame and success.

And when we finally reach that magical place

Wherein dwells wisdom, we shall come face to face

With God Himself;

What this meeting we have to do to earn

Is to always be curious and to strive to always learn.