| Let’s not punch time clocks in our sport as though it were indifferent to our best efforts, at least not until we also value praying or loving as fast as we can.
In this matter, when you are tempted or challenged to do less than your best, remember the insight of my friend, Steve Martin, who was heard muttering after viewing a quickly made bow, “Just because it’s primitive doesn’t mean it has to be crude.” After all, doesn’t the awareness of time weigh like a vulture on your shoulder, whispering compromise into your ear? I never knew a craftsman who listened. Hunting the Osage Bow, Chapter 6, pp. 80 |
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