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The first half of this quote is ‘The Measure of an enthusiasm must be taken between interesting events”.
In other words, keep your faith and your drive going when there is nothing outside yourself to bring it out or else you will likely falter and give up.
Don’t give up.
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quote by Edwin Way Teale, 1899-1980, American naturalist, photographer and writer.
Day 4 of aging week! I missed yesterday, just a bit too busy between visiting my dad in the hospital and taking some time off. Sorry about that.
Having dealt with my elderly father all week, trying to get him up and moving after a hip break, I have seen once again how important motivation and enthusiasm is to recovery. In his case we are helping him remember his friends back at his assisted living home (his girlfriends at his dining table in particular)!
But enthusiasm is more than motivation. It is about interest, curiosity, feeling like you have something to reach for, something you want to know about. In my father’s case he has started to think he might want to live to 100. It’s a goal, it’s something to think about and imagine.
We are encouraging that by saying we are expecting another party (we have one every 10 years for his big birthdays) so we expect him to live to 100. He might not make it, we understand it, and he understands it. But we have hope, and we have enthusiasm and we impart that to him as best we can. That is the key, not just to have it in yourself, but to figure out ways to impart it to others.
Drawing by Marty Coleman, the Napkin Dad
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This is the Napkin Dad’s #1 in the list of things I hope I have imparted
to my daughters. It’s #1 because it won’t matter if they want to be a
secret agent or an insurance agent. They will understand that enthusiasm
is the backbone of achievement, purpose, satisfaction and joy.
Happy Father’s day to those who are, and Happy ‘you ain’t a father yet’ day
to those who aren’t. If you have one on the way, it’s wonderful. Be
ENTHUSIASTIC!
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I couldn’t agree more. Get carried away today.
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I really like this quote because it reinforces and clarifies a truth I experience in
life. That is that a person with passion and belief in their pursuits will actually do
the pursuing, will make the effort. But unless they also analyze and think critically
about their pursuit they will most likely overshoot, lose focus, overreact or do some
other action that will doom their endeavor.
So, keep cool while you are hot on the trail.
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