Are You A Builder?

Are You a Builder? I saw them tearing a building down, A group of men in a busy town, With hefty blow and a lusty yell, They swung with zest, and a side wall fell. I asked the foreman, “Are these men skilled? The kind you’d hire if you had to build?” He looked at me and laughed, “No indeed! Unskilled labor is all I need! Why, they can wreck in a day or two What it has taken builders years to do!” And I asked myself as I went my way, Which of these roles have I tried to play? Am I a builder with rule and square? Measuring and constructing with skill and care? Or . . . . Am I a wrecker who walks the town, Content with the business of tearing down? ~Unknown