Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Why are the woods so noisy around here?


Hello everyone! The title of my blog is based on a favourite quote from Henry van Dyke:


"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best."


Excellence in any craft is something we, perhaps, should strive for. I'd like to suggest, however, that a damaging perfectionism is sometimes substituted for the desire for excellence, in some of our lives and at least part of the time--to the point that we often refuse to even try things that are outside our comfort zone, lest we not do them well.


More on all this later!

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