How do you know when your work is finished?  When do you finally acknowledge that there are no more adjustments needed or finishing touches that can be added? For some, that is a difficult question because they spend their entire lives striving to get things right and to make things better for those around them. It is difficult because despite their best efforts they never feel they have done enough. Often such people give all they have until one day they finally accept that they have finished.

   There are some people who have an easy answer for that question. They look at their watches, notice the hour and say, "It's time to go." For these, the clock, not their work, determines when it is time to go.  No one has any difficulty getting such people to know when the day is over because they usually quit work long before the end of the day and wait for the clock to signal them to leave. 

   There are others who know they are finished because they have done all they plan to do whether they complete their work  or not.  This attitude reflects a life ethic that limits the amount of work completed to the amount of work pursued.  It’s an attitude that says whatever I get done is all that will be done.  For these, a job is complete when they have done all they are going to do, regardless to whether or not all that needs to be done is done.

   Have you ever watched those who work in their yards and keep them immaculate? They begin in the morning, bowed down on hand and knees, pulling weeds, trimming, edging, pruning and arranging. In the heat of the day they continue,  with sweat dropping from their brow, fatigued but determined to complete their task before the day is done. Even as the day closes they still see more that can be done to make it prettier, more appealing to the eye; but when it gets late in the evening the sun goes down even the most dedicated know that it's time to

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