"Work is love made visible."
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This week my friend and colleague Tiffany Espinosa posted this lovely poem by Kahlil Gibran on her Facebook page, Teal Executives. Thank you, Tiffany, for the inspiration.
"And what is it to work with love?
"It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth.
"It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house.
"It is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy, even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit.
"It is to charge all things you fashion with a breath of your own spirit,
"And to know that all the blessed dead are standing about you and watching….
"Work is love made visible.
"And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work."
From The Prophet (Knopf, 1923).
Poem: Kahlil Gibran On Work