Niki,
Hi, thanks for joining the reflective dialogue. In looking at the German roots of the word "Work" you bring out some interesting themes. As you noted, the "Mühe" connotation focuses on toil, it's the "labor' side of work. Here we have to "do something" in order to "live" outside our work.
When you mentioned Luther's idea of "Berufung," or "calling," this gives work a sense of purpose, where we fit into the larger social fabric and play our role.
But neither really get at the dynamic nature of work as a process, and this is what fascinates me. Here's a question: When you wrote your note to our discussion, was it work, was it play or what was it?
It seems that you did some work in writing the thoughtful note, and the results (your work) was something that I can respond to. In a real sense, this suggests that "work" may be a "dialogue." Could this be?
Just be surfing around in net. I definitely fpund a very informal place with a lot of good stuff for everybody. I will
certainly visit your site again sometime. Really good work.
Posted by: Nikola Renee | December 01, 2004 at 09:07 AM
great joy being here..good place.
Posted by: Anna Luise | January 26, 2005 at 09:32 AM
A couple of days ago I came across this quote of Steve Jobs:
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking, and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it, and like any great relationship it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking. Don't settle."
Reference: http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/L001731/
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