Doc Meek

Previously, on Sunday, June 13, 2010, I posted a paraphrase of a story I had heard years ago about a man who wanted to change the world. If you wish to review that story, just click on the title of that previous post below:

Here is another version of that story. I like this one better. Does anyone know of another version, or source?

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world

I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.

When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family.

My family and I could have made an impact on our town.

Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.

– Written by an unknown Monk around 1100 A.D.

Found on a Tombstone at Westminster Abbey?

Someone said this was engraved on the tombstone of an Anglican bishop buried in Westminster Abbey in 1100 A.D. Was this a relatively large tombstone? Or was the engraving quite small? Can anyone verify this? I have not been able to go to Westminster Abbey to check it out . . . yet. 😮

Love and Blessings, Doc Meek, Monday, June 14, 2010

At Sherwood Park, Alberta, CANADA; not at South Jordan, Utah, USA

P.S. Story at: http://www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/12475/378.html Submitted by: Cage

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