quote · Legacy record
There are times you find yourself standing by the wayside, watching as someone struggles to dig a well with a spoon, and you wish with all your heart you had arms and a shovel.
There are times you find yourself standing by the wayside, watching as someone struggles to dig a well with a spoon, and you wish with all your heart you had arms and a shovel.
Approximate author period: c. 2014 AD · contemporary
Meaning not yet available
An individual explanation has not yet been added. We do not substitute a generic description for an interpretation of these particular words.
Begin with source-checked readings and explanations ↗Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Richelle E. Goodrich
Attribution: attributed - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Approximate author period: c. 2014 AD · contemporary
Author activity documented by the author's own dated Smile Anyway blog posts in 2014. A 21st-century author-period anchor, not the composition year of all attributed sayings. Source: https://smileanywaybook.blogspot.com/ (accessed 2026-10-08).
An author lifetime, approximate period or collection date is not necessarily the date when these words were first written or spoken. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided quotation collection
Supplied reference C; CSV row 285392; supplied attribution, independently unverified
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.