Those of you who have known for a while may recall
that I have love/hate relationship with a certain item in my shop, my
pencil. While my shop was in its former location, they would get upset
with me and disappear at an alarming rate. Now this was not totally
unjustified by them, I would often blame
them for my errors; cuts
too short, cuts too long, mortise in the wrong location, you get the
picture. I would blame the pencil when it reality it was my own
inexperience or inattention to detail. I would curse at them, slam
them on the table and just generally treat them unfairly. As result,
they would hide from me at every opportunity. I would set one down on
the bench and turn away for a moment and it would be gone. If I added it
up, I must have brought over 200 pencils into that shop. When I moved
the shop, not a single one was found.
Now that the
shop is mostly moved, I have resolved to stop blaming my pencils. I see
now that I was wrong in blaming them from someone else’s errors. I have
found the true culprit for the errors, my tape
measure.
In truth, the lesson here is simple. In our haste, aggravation and
inattention, we often take out our frustrations on the ones around us
who do nothing more than support us in our endeavors. Perhaps today is a
good day to thank that significant other who puts up with our antics,
and let them know we really do appreciate their support.
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