My cardiac rehab is misnamed. It should be called cardiac maintenance
because that’s what it is. The doors
open at 6 am and I (along with a dozen others) am waiting to begin. And since I get an early start, I get an
early finish. Yeah! And when I am finished, as I am going out the
door at Memorial hospital (along with several night shift workers), there are day
shift workers coming in. But there is a
stark contrast in the demeanor of those coming in to work on Monday morning and
those getting off of work Monday morning.
Those coming in are glum and sleepy headed while those going out (with
me) are cheerful and free as a bird. The
contrast reminds me of Ecclesiastes 7:8, “Better is the end of a thing than the
beginning thereof ...” And there are
several other corollaries of that verse: It is easier to start a project than
to finish a project. It is easier to get
into trouble than to get out of trouble.
It is easier to bid on a project than to pay for the cost overruns of
the project. And I’m sure that you can
think of others. Hey, think carefully
before you start something so that it is easier to finish it. Plan well to finish with few regrets. (Another corollary)
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