Do you enjoy your work? Here’s one perspective on that question.
I’m a board member of a non-profit group called School Aid. Also on the board is a rather interesting dude called Richard Sauerman. Bit of a PR guru around Sydney. Richard has a most interesting blog called Wake Up Tiger. Average read of each is about 10 secs. Beautiful images… and some intriguing messages. Really worth a look.
I’ll borrow this Paulo Coelho narrative from one of his blogs. A rather telling insight on ‘work’. Too often, I hear people complaining about their daily contribution to society, and lamenting that they have not yet won a huge lottery. What a dream, they sigh. If only I could be rich, and not have to work.
Well… there are worse options. Here’s the narrative:
As soon as he dies, Juan finds himself in a beautiful place surrounded by all of the comforts and beauty he had ever dreamed of. Someone dressed in white came up to him and said:
“You are entitled to whatever you wish: any food, pleasure, entertainment.”
Enchanted, Juan did everything he had dreamed of during his life. After many years filled with pleasure, he again sought out the person in white, and said:
“I’ve already tried everything I wished for. Now I need a job so that I can feel useful.”
“I’m so sorry”, said the person in white. “But that is the only thing that I cannot manage for you; there is no work here.”
“How terrible!” said Juan in irritation. “I shall spend eternity dying of tedium! I’d prefer a thousand times to be in hell!”
The creature in white came over to him and said in a low voice:
“And where do you think you are?”
