Friday, December 7, 2012

Work

“The devil finds work for idle hands.”

Work, we know, is both a burden and a need, both a curse and a blessing. Unemployment we long ago learned creates severe psychological disturbances, not because of economic deprivation, but primarily because it undermines self-respect.  Work is an extension of personality.  

It is achievement. It is one of the ways in which a person defines himself or herself, measures his worth, and his humanity.

ACTION POINT: Don’t let your self-respect be undermined by being unemployed.  Remind yourself that there are other ways to define yourself besides work.

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