Related commentaries – Past

Job’s Past Was Glorious – Job 29:1 – 29:25

The "Floogie Bird” That Flies Backward

Men who live in the past remind me of a toy I’m sure all of you have seen. The toy is a small wooden bird called the “Floogie Bird.” Around the Floogie Bird’s neck is a label reading, “I fly backwards, I don’t care where I’m going. I just want to see where I’ve been. (The Words of Harry S. Truman, selected by Robert J. Donovan).