Nov 11 2008
On the Love of Our Work
“Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.” — Thomas Carlyle
To awaken each morning and be happy to go to work, because you have found YOUR work, is said to be the most blessed things of all. To spend one’s day doing something loved, and enjoyed, and at which one feels useful and appreciated is indeed special.
I wonder how many people are thus blessed? Many people tolerate their job; others like their job, but do not consider it their work. The work they do, and wish to call their own, is what they accomplish in the time set aside for hobbies, interests and volunteering.
Such is life, that it sends us a livelihood - a way to pay the bills - but not always in doing something we love. If there is any possibility of spending your life in a pursuit that you could really claim to be the work you love, then make the change and fulfill that blessedness.
