MUDDLING THROUGH
One of my favorite Peanuts stories shows Charlie Brown working on a woodworking project one day when Lucy comes by and asks: “How’s the birdhouse coming along, Charlie Brown?” He replies, “Well, I’m a lousy carpenter. I can’t nail straight. I can’t saw straight and I always split the wood . . . I’m nervous, I lack confidence, I’m stupid, I have poor taste and absolutely no sense of design . . .” And then in the last frame he concludes, “So, all things considered, it’s coming along OKAY.”
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