When a fine woodworker
makes a cut
with her sharpest tool,
it leaves a ragged edge
which has to be sanded and smoothed.
She knows how to prepare her tools.
She has made thousands of cuts.
So, it’s not a matter of skill or precision.
It is the nature of the work.
She doesn’t get upset by it
or
let it throw her off the path.
It is part of the process of her art.
Ragged edges take time and effort to be made smooth.
So why is it we feel we are a failure
when going through a change,
making a transition,
moving from one thing to another
and everything doesn’t instantly go smoothly?
The art of living
comes in knowing
there will always be ragged edges.
Your craft is doing the work
of making them smooth.
Every. Single. Day.