Use It or Lose It

Nature has a way
Of taking back
What we fail to use.
If a section of highway
Is abandoned
And left to the elements,
In no time at all,
Cracks will open
And grass and weeds
Will start growing out.
It is nature’s way of
Reclaiming the land.
An abandoned home
Will deteriorate much faster
Than one in which people live.
An unused car often
Requires more maintenance
Than a vehicle
That is used everyday.
Our muscles,
And especially our brains,
Will both atrophy
If not put to use.
If we do not use
Our God given talents
Or do anything
With the brilliant ideas
We come up with,
Out brain will tire
Of the futility
Of the effort
And will eventually
Stop coming up with
Such ideas.