The Master Plan
"There is a Master Plan for each of us. Because we do not comprehend this Plan without living through it, we must each devise our own 'working drawing', our tentative goals — and detailed drawings for our momentary, precise actions. Just as the craftsman is never completely certain of the accuracy of his drawings, he must proceed with care — proving and disproving, compensating, adjusting, blending together — so many things that cannot be drawn into plans."
A few lines of a fantastic piece of writing from the September 1979 issue of Wallace Kunkel’s Bench Talk newsletter — the full piece I've posted on the page linked right here — Timeless Advice: The Master Plan.
This is not the first time I’ve stumbled across truly timeless, much-needed encouragement and advice that I’d somehow missed while scanning and archiving the old Bench Talk newsletters. It’s short and to the point, as most worthwhile wisdom often comes – and written in a way that can only come from someone who knows what it is to make grand plans and craft masterpieces – and also to falter, to fail, and to rise again – and consider what to build next.
Timeless Advice