the beginning of the end

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

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this is the last day in the field, time to get my aching self into motion and back to the job site.  yesterday was a big push and a lot got done, but several of us are paying for it this morning in a direct physical way. 

by the end of the day we won't have finished our little project, just one home out of the many, but we will have boosted it along and next week others will follow to do more.  incremental progress is the only kind that can be achieved; this morning I'm feeling even more finite than usual.  but it's worthwhile to be doing this, and how anybody could sustain it for the longer stretches that many have is beyond me at this particular moment. 

a quick word (well, two of them) to anybody who might be reading this among those whose contributions made this trip possible: thank you.  we are as much the beneficiaries of your generosity as those to whom our efforts are explicitly directed. 

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pictoral coverage resumes this evening. 

Comments

[gracegiver]

... and how anybody could sustain it for the longer stretches that many have is beyond me at this particular moment. 

I think after awhile, the body gives up fighting, and the physiological need of staying alive kicks into gear; as Maslow calls them, Excretion, Eating, Drinking and Breathing. The sleepless nights end because of exhaustion. Food becomes a necessary sustainment no matter what it is or how it's prepared. We reach our breaking point and then find out it's only our bending point.

"That which doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." Who is the wise guy who pontificated those words? W.C. Fields!?

[(Anonymous)]

I think Gracegiver is right. And if you all stayed and kept doing it, it would be easier after 4 weeks and might even become the new norm after a few months. Humanity (young whipper-snappers in particular!) is very adaptive that way.

In the meantime, I'm glad you had a chance to be seduced by 'incidental texture' before you were too tired to lift your camera. It was a lovely sidebar to the recordation of your inspiring group effort.

M_Lightfoot