Build It Anyway
Ignorance is bliss when knowledge would stop you.
It's just a shed.
We think it will take a week. It will take a month. We build it anyway.
We think it will cost half. It will cost double. We build it anyway.
We think it will be painless. We'll wake up sore every day. We build it anyway.
We make sure it's plumb. We check that it's level.
We fix some mistakes as we go. Others we leave.
When the rain tries to stop us, we lay down the tarps.
When the wind tries to move us, we tie up our gear.
Some tools we buy. Others we borrow.
We save all the scrap because you never know.
Now stands something we built. We did our best in its making.
If we knew the duration, we wouldn't have started. We shouldn't spend the time.
If we knew the cost, we wouldn't have started. We shouldn't spend the money.
If we knew the stress, we wouldn't have started. We shouldn't spend the energy.
But we didn't know.
And with our ignorance, we brought something into this world.
Something with purpose.
We discovered time, money, and effort otherwise lost to entropy.
And we made the world just a little better.
Because, in the end, it's never just a shed.
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