day no. 14,656: the empty wagon

"It is the empty wagon that rattles." - Donald Grey Barnhouse

A wagon without a load groans and gripes at every bump in the road, but a wagon weighed down by a load rolls along without a word.

It is the young man with nothing to do that often finds himself in trouble.

Lamentations 3:27
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Broad shoulders without a load will often gripe and groan at every bump and pebble in the road, but a boy with responsibility quickly becomes a man quietly contented.

The weight of responsibility produces the gravity of manhood.

A young man with nothing to do will find for himself plenty of trouble.