No Greater Feeling for Homo Sapien

April 28, 2008 | Filed Under Small Talk 

A) knowing what has to be done

B) knowing how to do it

C) getting it done, well.

Whatever it is, I firmly believe that there is no greater feeling for members of Homo Sapien than to experience the feelings associated with the conjunction of A, B and C. If you’re missing C) then you feel incomplete. If you are missing B) then you feel out of control. If you are missing A) but somehow get C) then you got lucky. But not only lucky. You also lost the context which informs and magnifies the experience of C)

Whether it’s voting as a citizen in a democracy, working for overthrow in a tyranny, mowing the lawn, protesting an unjust war, putting together a lego set, helping a friend in desperate need, developing an argument, holding an employee accountable, fixing a clogged drain, taking care of a brand new baby, buying a gift for your wife, building a door frame in the basement or power-washing the vinyl siding… there’s no greater feeling.

I’m not saying that these things are necessarily fun. But there’s an unparalleled feeling that I experience when I look reality in the face, see what needs to change, do the hard work to make change, and ultimately complete the task.

I imagine it’s a bit like how God felt when he said “It’s good” more than a few times as he created the world.

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