In lieu of a longer post still in the works, and with a nod to writing in the water‘s current discussion of knowing when the story is done, and done well and right: I offer this, Folk Tale #6 from Book Two (“Fire”) of The Zen of Programming:
Five novices went into the master’s office, crying “Woe, woe! We have heard that our project may be cancelled.”
The master said, “All things continue until they stop.”
Hearing this, the novices returned to work.
marta says
Thanks for the nod. I’m not ready to call myself Buddhist, but I do like those Zen stories.
Or do I mean…
I do like those Zen stories, but I’m ready to call myself Buddhist.
John says
@marta – “…but…”: ha ha!
(And I know it’s just a typo, but I like that you dropped the “not” out of the second version. :)