My dad has saved snippets from the newspaper that he read over the years. One of those snippets he gave to me is stuck to my refrigerator. >What I strive for a

My dad has saved snippets from the newspaper that he read over the years. One of those snippets he gave to me is stuck to my refrigerator. >What I strive for and to a degree achieve as a craftsman wood turner has its roots in the idea expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." This feeling cannot be abandoned. (Richard H. Montague, Groton, Vt.) I don't know what paper or magazine this came from, probably Fine Woodworking, probably 1980s. It has the same spirit many of us are talking about. The joy in doing something is doing it, not making money on it or being the best at it. In the Internet era, if you only take joy from being the best at a hobby or task online, you will never be happy.