James Mclain Poet Carpe Diem

A Conversation With Abraham Lincoln

Every man is proud of what he does well;
and no man is proud of what he does not do well.
With the former, his heart is in his work; and he will
do twice as much of it with less fatigue.
The latter performs a little imperfectly,
looks at it in disgust, turns from it, and imagines himself
exceedingly tired.
The little he has done, comes to nothing, for want of finishing.

Abraham Lincoln.


My Response 

When a man is led to believe,
that the pride in the work that he thought was done well,
is undermined by himself, or others, for lack of instruction,
where such instruction would not be rebuffed.
Then those whom could so instruct are just as responsible
for the want of his finish.

For when his heart is in his work and he seemed tireless in
the pursuit of it's perfection,
while knowing full well that nothing is perfect,
when if fortunate enough.
Then his efforts should at the very least be perceived as his willingness to bring himself up from his past failures

For nothing eles,
From a man or a woman, should any so ask.

James McLain

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Vickey Rhymer May 11, 2022 at 11:17 AM In the age of the soft quit when everyone Who could not out right quit their job post Covid due to needing insurance,are only going through the motions.Prior to this nightmare a study was done.Of the sample group 60 percent said they hated their job and of this number 80 percent said just going through the motions.Hope this doesn't include surgeons and pilots.Really enjoyed your piece.It was a call to rally to a sense of pride in what our hands can and do accomplish.