Build a Bridge from Mortality

When we want to inspire and motive, build from our mortal condition to the destination.   The ideal is far away, out of reach for realist.  When we start from our current condition, and give a direction, there is at least the chance that a first step is not outside consideration.

Gradatim 

Josiah Gilbert Holland

(Born July 24, 1819; Died October 12, 1881)

One Hundred and One Famous Poems

Wings and Vision, but we must rise, step by step.

First and Last Stanza:

Heaven is not reached at a single bound:

But we build the ladder by which we rise

From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies.

And we mount to its summit round by round.