Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

I am pretty good at standing on the shoulders of others. Can I learn to stand on my own shoulders?

I am pretty good at standing on the shoulders of others’.

1 Someone else works, works, and works to arrive at something. Whew. They are exhausted.

2 I read it. Aha! How about extending it this or that way? Alright!

How can I do 1 and 2 with my own work? I work, work, and work and have something. Whew. I’m exhausted.

I want to wake the next morning renewed and recreated. I want to see my own work with clear eyes and a clear mind. I want to extend what I did yesterday.

I struggle with that.

Can I stand on my own shoulders?