A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play, his labor and leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always seems to be doing both. -- Anonymous
Yeah right. I can't decide which way to take this quote.
From one perspective, I'm thinking whoever came up with this quote obviously never had to worry about having a real job to really pay bills and put food on the table for his family - kinda made me think of professional athletes, especially surfers, snowboarders, etc.
Then, I flashed back to a time when John was being a total workaholic, just a year or so ago. He was programming and enjoying it, so for him, there was no sharp distinction between work and play, nor his education (learning new programming languages) and recreation. For those close to him though, it was readily apparent that work is still work, even if you enjoy it.
Either way, I hardly think practicing this ideal qualifies as a mastery of living. So here's what I think:
All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy. All play and no work makes Johnny a bum.
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