Thursday 15 August 2019

Very few camels about today. Precious few mice, come to that.

Photo credit: Mary Lee Agnew

Here is a poem by Kahlil Gibran:
A fox looked at his shadow at sunrise and said, "I will have a camel for lunch today." And all morning he went about looking for camels. But at noon he saw his shadow again - and he said, "A mouse will do."

A writer looked at his word count at sunrise...

Still, if you also had a mouse day today, take heart. Here's Ralph Waldo Emerson to cheer us up:

We do not know whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent, we have afterwards discovered, that much was accomplished, and much was begun in us. All our days are so unprofitable while they pass, that 'tis wonderful where or when we ever got anything of this which we call wisdom, poetry, virtue. We never got it on any dated calendar day. Some heavenly days must have been intercalated somewhere.

Thanks, Ralph! And nice use of 'intercalated'.

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This was a most timely thing to read tonight as I'm despairing over my page count, so thank you. I'm sorry to hear you're in a similar boat. If it makes any difference to know you're not alone, here's a halloo across the waves of unproductivity ...

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Thank you. I learnt a new word, which at my age is quite rare. The other words in that quote rang bells with me too. Most of the things I think of making/writing/doing never get out of my head but the fact I thought about them was still a worthwhile exercise.

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