“In my
afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my
obligations to society.” - Henry David Thoreau
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| Good Afternoon |
The part of the day
with the highest concentration of activities is usually the “Afternoon”, it is
the practical phase of the day, the opportunity to implement the ideas of the
morning and stick to our priority list and plan. However, the afternoon is one
part of the day when you should expect the unexpected. What happens when people
don’t react the way you planned, when everything seems to fall out of place?
The capacity to fully utilize the gift of a day is most times dependent on your
ability to react to change.
British sculptor Sir
Jacob Epstein was once visited in his studio by the eminent author and fellow
Briton, George Bernard Shaw. The visitor noticed a huge block of stone standing
in one corner and asked what it was for. "I don't know yet. I'm still
making plans." Shaw was astounded. "You mean you plan your work. Why,
I change my mind several times a day!" "That's all very well with a
four-ounce manuscript," replied the sculptor, "but not with a
four-ton block of stone."
Sometimes your day’s
plan must be set in concrete and planned out to the very last detail then
followed through no matter what, like the sculptor, it is not easy to change
the idea when dealing with a stone; at other times you must have the creativity
to change the plot at a moment’s inspiration like an author. The real genius knows
when to be a sculptor or an author, which requires wisdom. Every day is truly a
gift depending on how you handle your afternoon.
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