A Job Well Done . . .

I'm sometimes struck with how much great minds think alike. Often I find parallels between C.S. Lewis and Charlotte Mason. And today I heard Mister Rogers say something that I've read before in Charlotte Mason's writings.

Before I share the quote, let me set the scene. Cornflake S. Pecially in the Land of Make-Believe is over-worked and is starting to make errors in his production. After getting back to Mister Roger's Place, Mister Rogers talked a little about that. Here's the quote:

"No matter what you do, you can feel so much better about it if you do it well.
~ Mister Rogers

And this is from pg 168 of Ourselves:

"We're all paid workers in some sense, and none of us are excused from the obligation of integrity in the work we do. School children and young college students are paid in two ways: the cost of their schooling, and the trust of their parents and teachers. There's another 'employer' they're working for, too. This employer might seem lenient at the time, but he'll harass the poor worker with a heavy penalty of guilt later. That employer is--yourself. Every person owes integrity to himself as much as to others. When we don't produce thorough, timely work done well, it's we ourselves who suffer the most in the end."
~ Charlotte Mason (modern paraphrase version)