One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee,
One lesson which in every wind is blown,
One lesson of two duties kept at one
Though the loud world proclaim their enmity–
Of toil unsever’d from tranquility!
Of labor, that in lasting fruit outgrows
Far noisier schemes, accomplish’d in repose,
Too great for haste, too high for rivalry. .
WORK! A dreadful drudgery for some or a creative channel for others.
We work to study and then we study to work some more… work becomes a benchmark of the quality of our lives.
These are pictures I clicked this weekend and take the liberty to use them to illustrate the nuances of work! 🙂
Work cannot be the end-all of our education, work itself is a self-learning process. Yet what is work without good company!
Our colleagues form what we term … our support systems!
Yet, there are times when things get rough…
but we can always take time for a breather…
and no matter what… at the end of the day we love to see a task to its completion
Yes, while on earth a thousand discords ring,
Man’s fitful uproar mingling with his toil,
Still do thy sleepless ministers move on,
Their glorious tasks in silence perfecting;
Still working, blaming still our vain turmoil,
Laborers that shall not fail, when man is gone.
QUIET WORK ~ Mathew Arnold
Quiet Work by Matthew Arnold
One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee,
One lesson which in every wind is blown,
One lesson of two duties kept at one
Though the loud world proclaim their enmity–
Of toil unsever’d from tranquility!
Of labor, that in lasting fruit outgrows
Far noisier schemes, accomplish’d in repose,
Too great for haste, too high for rivalry.
Yes, while on earth a thousand discords ring,
Man’s fitful uproar mingling with his toil,
Still do thy sleepless ministers move on,
Their glorious tasks in silence perfecting;
Still working, blaming still our vain turmoil,
Laborers that shall not fail, when man is gone.