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When starting a new work at home business it is very easy to become consumed by it. We spend so much time trying to get the business up and running that we may end up becoming burned out and lose our motivation. There is so much to learn and Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in
It was a cool winter morning, and getting cooler. That morning, before I left for the barbershop, I told Sherry that maybe the yard work we had planned for the next few afternoons should be postponed. The clock radio had said it was supposed to be very cold for a few days. It would be very uncomfortable out and might make both of us sick. When I arrived at the shop, the preceding thoughts and what follows became part of a conversation with a customer. I pointed out that our home is bound on one side by a concrete drainage easement and that our yard work involved replacing a small wooden fence in the front yard along that easement. The replacement would be a split rail type.I also mentioned that, though I dont have a clue about such handy work, Sherry does. Shes happiest when she has a building project. She was her daddys girl and he taught her well in such matters. In fact, he even taught her how to do minor auto repairs. In our early years of marriage Sherry worked on our cars. Those days, if it took fifty cents to go around the world we couldnt have gotten out of sight. So, she saved us money we really didnt have. I should have been pleased. Generally, I wasnt.I thought that it was not ladylike for her to do such things. And, since I couldnt do them, my ego was bruised. As we sometimes do when our masculinity seems in question, I did the manly thing and pouted.Years later it dawned on me. What I had previously thought of as Sherry can and I cant (but ought to) was actually nothing more than her interest in something and my lack of interest.So it is with many things in life that become the basis for self put-downs. Its not often that we simply cant do something or arent good at it (math, writing, public speaking, handy work, mechanics, etc.). Generally, its just that our interests lie elsewhere.Now, if Sherry is doing something like building a fence I try to help. If shes doing something in which I feel Id just be in the way, I find something in which I have a greater interest a good book. Then, were both happy.BARBER-OSOPHY: Theres a vast difference in I cant and Im not interested. Copyright 2004, Sumerlin EnterprisesPermission is granted to reprint this article as long as a link to www.barber-osophy.com is included.
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