Life is a succession of tasks rather than a cascade of inspiration, an experience that is more repetitive than revelatory, at least on a day-to-day basis. The thing is to perform the task well and find reward even in the mundane.
[…]
In the everyday task at hand, for woman or man, happiness lurks.
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Roger Cohen, Mow the Lawn (via underpaidgenius)
from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/129354368627