Today I completed the third daf of masechet brachot and read the chapter on enthusiasm in the book Everyday Holiness: the Path of Musar by Alan Morinis.
The second aspect of enthusiasm involves finding and experiencing the energy needed to complete a task. As important as it is to be quick off the mark, it is equally important to sustain energy throughout the whole enterprise. It's so common for people to begin something with the tank full of enthusiasm, only to grind to a halt when they hit a delay or when some unforeseen struction arises, they get bored, or something else gets in the way. It takes enthusiasm not to bog down, wander off, or pull up mid-course but to press on to finish the good deed with vigor. With regard to this, the sages said, "A mitzvah is judged only upon its completion. As much as we like to comfort ourselves otherwise, good intentions are not enough. Page 128
A coincidence? I think not. 2708 dapim to go.
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