I see an insect in my room. It moves very fast, buzzing off from one wall to another. Only one significant thing makes me stare at it (except for the obvious reason that I don’t want it in my hair). Though it moves very fast, after a span of some seconds it jerks to a complete halt. When this happens repeatedly, I am irresistibly reminded of the timeless tale of ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’. The hare skittles ahead in a burst of speed, gets tired in a matter of minutes and takes a short nap. The tortoise plods on valiantly, never giving up hope, and lo and behold! He wins the race!
So the point of this little anecdote was that people try to forge ahead with full steam only to get tired and eventually they slam into an invisible wall which they don’t seem to able to penetrate. This happens because they went about their work too fast and furiously tried to complete something, which under appropriate circumstances, should have taken a reasonable amount of time and patience. It’s just like a painting. The slower you make it, the more attention you pay to details and the more perfect it turns out to be! The same can be said for writing books. Vikram Seth took a REALLY long time to write ‘A Suitable Boy’ and J.R.R. Tolkien took an even longer time to write ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and look at perfection of the results!
So all I’m saying folks, is take it easy, do stuff with patience, don’t give up hope when the going gets
rough and don’t join the ranks of the fast, especially not the furious!
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