You never quite know what type of wisdom you are going to hear from someone who is well along in years. Sometimes, it is going to be something that you carry with you and perhaps pass along to your children. At other times, it might just be something they have been thinking about for years and when they finally say it to you, all you can do is just ponder over the words. In this case, it was an old man who said something that needed to be said. He just said it in a way that will make you smile:
While stitching a cut on the hand of a 75-year-old farmer, whose hand was caught in the squeeze gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to politicians and their role as our leaders.
The old farmer said, “Well, as I see it, most politicians are ‘Post Turtles’.”
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a ‘post turtle’ was.
The old farmer said, “When you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a post turtle.”
The old farmer saw the puzzled look on the doctor’s face so he continued to explain. “You know he didn’t get up there by himself, he doesn’t belong up there, he doesn’t know what to do while he’s up there, he’s elevated beyond his ability to function, and you just wonder what kind of fool put him up there to begin with.”
