Attending to Others

[Craft - VII]

What turns coaching into an art . . . and not just the dictating of bodies and balls?

Cooking into a craft . . . and not just the assembly of ingredients?

Building into a creative activity . . . and not just slapping together wood and nails and concrete?

Landscaping into a thing of beauty . . . and not just dirt and plants?

Attentiveness.

Anyone can be attentive once, but the virtue of attentiveness is a commitment to listening and caring over time.

The cost is a bit of time and effort.
The payoff is craft.
And the payoff is immeasurable, in the end.