11-4-04

"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." -Phillips Brooks

Motivator: Why is it that, in a world where we'r able 2 do so much, we have time 2 do so little? Perhaps this is because it is very easy 2 us 2 spend more time developing our capabilities than we spend actually using them. Certainly u want 2 b capable and effective, but take care not 2 b-come a slave 2 mere capabilities. Don't put so much time and effort in2 being able 2 do something that there's no time or energy remaining 2 actually do it. Preparation is vital. Yet at some point the preparation needs 2 end so the actual doing can begin. Being highly prepared means very little if nothing is ever attempted. Learn by doing, not at the expense of doing. Rather than collecting empty, unused capabilities, develop ur capabilities in response 2 the challenges YOU undertake.