Show I Living by Spurts I THERE are people who do their 1 j work in the world evenly j steadily quietly They get up in inthe inthe inthe the morning knowing that the day has its appointed task which i must be done They dispose of the task with serene exactitude The next day brings iother a other and the next another each is per per- performed performed performed formed in the same spirit There is competence accuracy but no excitement no enthusiasm and likewise there is no discourage discourage- discouragement ment or despondency Such i 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 are days when their daily labor takes on a glory They see rich possibilities in it of achieve achieve- achievement achievement 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 upon every resource of their spirits to realize them Then come days of reaction Perhaps there is a physical element ele ele- element element ment to consider At any rate the spurt collapses If there is char char- character character character 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 lives are made up of alternations alternations alternations of enthusiasm and despair |