The pebble

Master Po when will it be time
for me to leave?
When you can take the pebble
from my hand.
So many times grass hopper
tried and failed
because he was trying to take
the pebble from the hand.
It wasn't until he tapped
the hand downward that
the pebble hopped up.
He caught it in mid air
while it wasn't in the hand.
One comes, one leaves.
A new one starts and an old one leaves.
Life is a cycle that replays
with the old ones until they leave.
Hopefully the Young's ones
can learn something from the old.
Sometimes the new ones
fashion themselves after the old.
Sometimes the new ones
don't have to make
the mistakes of the old
but can learn from
the mistakes made by others.
Advice can help if one
truly listens.
Open minds can hold
much thought.
Honesty can teach so well.
Willingness can start
many new things.
Honesty, open mindedness and willingness
can open doors to pathways
that seemed closed before.
The pebble bounces.