“White
collar or blue, the worker is taken to be a machine. Engaged, not as a whole
person, but as a tool of production, he becomes alienated from his work and
himself. No wonder the worker is more interested in sports or gossip than in
his or her work. No wonder, in the words of popular bumper talk, he ‘would
rather be fishing,’ or she ‘would rather be shopping.’ Work devoid of meaning
and spirit, work without discipline and satisfaction of a job well done, is
work without joy." ~ Laurence G. Boldt, Career Consultant/Author
If I was told there was a bomb in my building and I had five minutes to evacuate my apartment I’d grab a grocery bag and quickly toss these items into it: 1. A photo of my grandparents, Mom and Pop and me, when I was 15 years old. I learned what love is made of from them. I learned what it is to be kissed on and hugged in arms so tender they felt like God’s arms. I discovered self worth from those two angels in human flesh. Of all the people in my life, they were the ones who made me feel I counted. Honestly, whatever capacity I have to love others came from them. 2. A sentimental, dog-eared, stars in the margin copy of Pat Conroy’s, “The Prince of Tides.” It is a book I have read three times and often return to for its wisdom. It is a harsh, profoundly tragic novel, the story of a family so broken and tortured by such flawed and wounded people that it is sometimes difficult to turn the next page. And yet it is the story of such Herculean courage and endurance that you want...
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