Work is Love Made Visible
Do you remember your first job?
“Work is love made visible.
And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.” — Kahlil Gibran, 1923
As a child, I remember countless Sunday evenings at my grandparents’ house, where the conversation would be winding down in the den and the telltale “tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick” of the 60 Minutes intro would hammer in my eardrums — a stark reminder of another school week starting in just over 12 hours.
But this Sunday evening was different; the rays of sunlight danced off of the full maple leaves that swished in the gentle breeze, indicating a day that was not yet over and a week ahead that brought no school.
It was the eve of summer vacation.
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