*image by Ben Harubin

 

A man had a bucket he filled to the top,
but still he wouldn't stop;
he just kept a'fillin' and a'fillin'...

(Attention: Those seeking to be satisfied, don't let this happen to you!)

...You gotta watch it!
...you gotta really be on guard!
...it'll slip up on you before you know it!

It's as natural as rain, for a man on a journey to a new territory,
who has been dreaming and theorizing about the place as he traveled,
to be in the new area before he's aware of it, and continue his needless
inner activity related thereto.

 

In a certain sport, the actual winner is he who realizes
when the game is over.

You got to watch it!...you got to really be on guard 'cause you can be wet
up to your ankles 'fore you're even conscious you're in water.

...May sound weird to speculative swimmers, but it's true, Elwood.

There are two ways to approach the matter of knowing and talking: you can either
talk about what you know, or talk about what everyone says they know.
In the latter instance you'll appear to be quite normal, even perhaps intelligent,
while in the former case you won't say anything, or if you do you'll ultimately
wish you hadn't.

One man says it sometimes appears to him that all the methods commonly used
in the attempt to achieve enlightenment are either a matter of overkill or of men
going off in the wrong direction.

Oh, speaking of approaches to that unconventional goal, there's this other
guy who says he's developed a fresh appreciation for that old maxim "count
your blessings" on the basis (he says) of it pointing to a useful technique
if you cut it down from three words to one.

Regardin' Knowin' And Doin':

If you don't already know what you're doing, then being given the knowledge
of what you should be doing won't be of assistance.