“Work Is Love Made Visible”

“Work is love made visible. And if you can’t work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of the people who work with joy.” ~Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

My initial response to this quote was to be appreciative of the employment that you currently have, and even if you don’t love what you do, do it with love.  Realize the importance of what you do.  Your job is not just about you, it’s about the people you provide that good/service for and more important your family.  You provide the support to feed, clothe and even nurture.

But I’d like to go a little deeper than that.  “Work is love made visible”.  I have been coming across relationship issues but it seems that what is missing is that work that it takes to show the love.  When we love someone, you work like hell to make sure that you succeed in showing that love.  Then after a while, we get lazy and “fall back”.  When I say work, I’m talking about the little things that say you care.  Giving a hug, peck on the cheek, providing a meal, can be really simple actions but the most important aspect of this is where these actions come from.  There is a difference in doing something out of duty, and doing something out of love.  The sincerity is not displayed in the action itself but in the way it is presented. 

Most people don’t equate the words work and love but they are a direct result of each other.  When you love something/someone you show it through the work you put in to maintain that relationship to get better and more successful.  But on the flip side of that is you’ll know whether someone loves you by the work that they put in.  So the next time you say or think you love someone, think about the work that you have put in to display that love…now what do you think?  Be blessed, #bedyanmic