Many years ago now, when I worked (for 30 years) for The Johannesburg Electricity Department I was always intrigued by a picture on the wall of Wessels Barnard  (“Barney”,  who eventually  became  The City Electrical Engineer). This picture depicted a calf wandering aimlessly about leaving a zigzag trail  all over the place and, in the picture, the following poem was printed which impressed me immensely. Long after I  retired (in 1991), for years and years I tried to find this poem but without success. So, eventually, I contacted  Barney who told me that the picture had gone to his daughter in the USA. However, he went to a great deal of trouble for me and eventually he was able to get me the required words. So here they are. I hope you will be as impressed as I was (and still am).  They carry a great moral that we should all apply to ourselves in our daily lives,’ says Howard Davies.