This poem reads like an instruction for life. It also makes a terrific prompt, doesn't it? What's another craft or skill that, mindfully executed, becomes a master class in living?
On another note, how is it already mid-December?
Putting in a Window
by John Brantingham
Carpentry has a rhythm that should never
be violated. You need to move slowly,
methodically, never trying to finish early,
never even hoping that you'd be done sooner.
It's best if you work without thought of the
end. If hurried, you end up with crooked
door joints and drafty rooms. Do not work
after you are annoyed just so the job
will be done more quickly. Stop when you
begin to curse at the wood. Putting in
....
(Read the rest here.)
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Wise and wonderful Linda Mitchell has the round-up this week at A Word Edgewise.
Photo courtesy of StockSnap at Pixabay.
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