The Importance Of To Be Proud Of Your Work

From "The Prophet" [Kahlil Gibran]:

"Then a ploughman said, Speak to us of Work. And he answered, saying: You work that you may keep pace with the earth and the soul of the earth.
For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of life's procession that marches in majesty and proud submission towards the infinite...
Always you have been told that work is a curse and labour a misfortune.
But I say to you that when you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born,
And in keeping yourself with labour you are in truth loving life,
And to love life through labour is to be intimate with life's inmost secret."


Dear friend, I have to confess you that these wonderful words of one of the most respected poets and philosophers of last century, Kahlil Gibran, they have always impressed my mind.

I would only to point out the importance to be proud of our work, whenever intellectual or manual.

If you do your job every day with a great sense of responsibility and passion and if you really love it then you will receive soon or later a great deal in return, I assure you!

But, if you do not like your job, if you are not comfortable with it, then I strongly suggest you to change it as soon as possible.

It is well worth the trouble, why? Because work is what makes you feel good with the rest of the universe!

Too often we think that a job is a job, and does not matter what job we do, because the only raison is to make a living, to survive.

I disagree with this way of seeing, because I think there is always something deeper inside all things and especially in what we do every day.

It does not matter if you are a factory worker or if you are the president of the United States: you are both human beings and the humans need to feel joined themselves to the earth since time immemorial.

Technology and Science development and these so stressful modern rhythms to which we all are devoted nowadays they should not make ourselves unaware of our origin.

So be proud of your work! It will make you a better person in the long run!