DTH-XII-0031
“I built something real with my own two hands and I'm proud.”
There is a particular pride in making a thing that exists outside your head. It will outlast the mood you made it in, and maybe outlast you. That's legacy in its plainest form, not a monument, just competent work that holds up. Let yourself feel it, then make the next one better.
Your Practice
- Stand back and actually look at what you made. Don't rush past it.
- Note the one thing you learned that the next build will be better for.
- Teach the skill to someone so it doesn't die with you.
- Sign your work, literally or in spirit. Own that you made it.
The Architects
“Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.”
Khalil Gibran, The Prophet (1923), On Death