ENTHUSIASM
There are quite a few case histories which plainly show we can overdo our enthusiasm concerning projects we undertake. Failure can be ?built in? if the will to get it done is exaggerated.
So, when you describe the term enthusiasm, think of it in several degrees. It can be, as it most often is made to be, something not commonly thought of or considered. Your project arouses your feelings and infects others with the intend desire to help you get a thing done. It seems to offer a special opportunity for you to escape the mediocre or the unpleasant as did Tom Sawyer when he described the joys of fence painting to his friends. Such enthusiasm enables many people to step confidently into a new world of freshly altered facts, figures and potentials.. You can escape the mediocre or commonplace and advance to new levels of innovative attainment you might not have even attempted to attain before.
Having that sort of positive drive and a profound sense of ?do?ism? is pretty much what most people think of when the term enthusiasm is used. The mood can be exaggerated especially if it entails work to be done by others. Be aware of such tendencies is you are on the listening end of such a bubbling bundle of promises and pleasant prospects for others.
You will be taking a wise step, however, when you consider that type of such enthusiasm as being very much the same as the energy expended which causes the contents of a boiling pot to overflow and well flow down the sides of the pot in to the burner or other structure and needlessly complicate cleanup work required. Proper enthusiasm is scaled to fit the size of the task rather than a dreamers estimate of what it might entail.
Embellishing one's dream is a dangerous thing because ,being dreams to start with, any extra weight may cause them to collapse. Right now, as we are thinking of democracy taking root and becoming a part of Mid-East governmental thinking... Take it easy. Back off a bit; put it all in proper perspective and examine more closely that which you are anticipating. Dreams, remember, are fragile and not intended for everyone. They are almost the sole property of the dreamer whereby you are driven to do that which you might well have done anyway had you garnered up the gumption required to do so.
A.L.M. June 4, 2004 [c412wds].
