Saturday, March 9, 2013

Sharpness

It's an incredible act of faith and determination to take a sharp-edged piece of steel into your hands and place that edge into another solid substance with the intention of providing that other substance with a renewed shape. 

In the moment just before the sharp edge meets wood grain, a thousand decisions are made.

It reminds me of that moment in the movie Apollo 13 when they need to determine the precise angle at which they'll slam into the earth's atmosphere.  The slightest error would have caused them to burn to ash.  They would have existed no more.

In the moment just before the sharp edge meets wood grain,a wondrous sense of faith pervades - the unwavering sense of faith in the solidity of both objects.

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