WORK:

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How easy it is to get into roles at work. How easy it is to place other
people in roles. Sometimes, this is necessary, appropriate, and expedient.

There is joy in giving our gift of skill at work, at giving ourselves to the
task at hand so thoroughly that we experience an intimate relationship
with our work. There is joy when we create or accomplish a task and can
say, "Well done!"

There is also joy when we are ourself at work, and when we discover and
appreciate those around us.

The most unpleasant, mundane task can be breezed through when we
stop thinking of ourselves as a robot and allow ourselves to be a person.

We don't need to become inappropriately entangled with others. Whether
we are an employer or an employee, when people are allowed to be people
who perform tasks instead of task performers, we are happier and more
content people.