There are times when I sit at the bench and wonder if I am doing the work I am capable of. Is the solder just right? Did I work the silver correctly, and if correctly, is there art in what I've done? Sometimes I get it just right and sometimes nothing seems to work. But the best part of what I do is that I always get to try again and if there is an imperfect place in my work thats fine because there are other parts that are perfect. And sometomes I will go to the safe and pull out a piece that my Dad made and I will compare his work to mine and I know the work is worthy. Sometimes I can can hear him still, " Put it in stock Donnie, Its just fine the way it is."

I think over time I have learned that its not the outcome that makes you worthy, but the effort spent in getting there.

Don