Show I Living by Spurts I THERE r HERE are people who do their work in the world evenly steadily quietly They get up in inthe inthe inthe the morning knowing that the day has hns its appointed task which must be done They dispose of the task with serene exactitude The next day brings another and the next another each is performed performed performed per per- formed in the same spirit There is competence accuracy but no excitement no enthusiasm and likewise there is no discouragement discourage discourage- ment or despondency Such persons take work and play as they take sleeping and eating as part of the routine of life Other people live and move by spurts Everything with them is isa isa isa a matter of zeal and passion There There are are days when their daily labor takes on a glory They see rich possibilities in it of achievemEnt achievement achievement achieve achieve- ment and distinction They throw themselves into it entirely they see new openings for effort and take advantage of them build large and splendid edifices of hope and confidence and call caIl upon every resource of their spirits to realize tl them em Then come days of reaction Perhaps there is a physical clement element element ele cle- ele- ele ment to consider At any rate the spurt collapses If there is character character character char char- acter behind it the man goes on working somehow gets his daily task done but there is no passion in it and very little hope Such Ij lives Jives are made up of alternations alternations alternations of enthusiasm and despair |