Ten times I must begin again, lean down toward it.\u00a0 And each time, the laziness that deters us from every difficult task, every work of importance, has counseled me to leave it, to drink my tea and think only about my worries of today, my desires for tomorrow, upon which I may ruminate effortlessly.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Does this sound familiar to anyone?\u00a0 It does to me!<\/p>\n
Anyone who has ever undertaken serious work knows the sentiments expressed by Proust\u2019s narrator in\u00a0Swann\u2019s Way<\/i>, the first volume of his masterpiece\u00a0In Search of Lost Time<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A colleague once said to me, \u201cWe have to start over every day, don\u2019t we?\u201d<\/p>\n
Yes!<\/p>\n
We start again, and again, and once again, once more. What\u2019s important? Pay attention to it. \u00a0Once again, once more. Remember? Here\u2019s another reminder. \u00a0Once again, once more….<\/p>\n
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Ten times I must begin again, lean down toward it.\u00a0 And each time, the laziness that deters us from every difficult task, every work of importance, has counseled me to leave it, to drink my tea and think only about … Continue reading