Changing Our Ways. . .

A quote that defines "work" from Matthew Fox's book 'The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood for Our Time.'

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"Changing our ways includes changing the way we define work, the way we compensate work, the ways we create work, and the way we let go of work and learn to infuse it with play and ritual. . . . We must learn to speak of the difference between a job and work. We may be forced to take a job serving food at a fast-food place for $4.25 an hour in order to pay our bills, but work is something else. Work comes from the inside out; work is an expression of our soul, our inner being. It is unique to the individual; it is creative. Work is an expression of the Spirit at work in the world through us. Work is that which puts us in touch with others, not so much at the level of personal interaction, but at the level of service in the community."

-- From The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood for Our Time, by Matthew Fox (HarperSanFrancisco, 1994)