“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.” ‘The Prophet’ – Khalil Gibran.

Another way of validating work is to consider the word ‘vocation’, derived from the Latin Vocatus, which means ‘to call’ or ‘being called’.

To what degree is your work a burden and a source of exhaustion, or a source of inspiration and purpose in your life?

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