You must refuse to accept the common delusion that a career is an adequate context for a life. The logic of success insinuates that self-enlargement is your only responsibility, and that any job, any career will be satisfying if you succeed in it. But I can tell you, on the authority of much evidence, that a lot of people highly successful by that logic are painfully dissatisfied. I can tell you further that you cannot live in a career, and that satisfaction can come only from your life. To give satisfaction, your life will have to be lived in a family, a neighborhood, a community, an ecosystem, a watershed, a place, meeting your responsibilities to all those things to which you belong. — Wendell Berry
This week, should you travel far or close, join the table as a guest or host, may you find your life in all those things to which you belong. And in a quiet hour, perhaps you’ll listen to this. I am grateful to have something to share with you. Thank you for fulfilling my life.
That was beautiful, thank you.
Through circumstance my career has been sidetracked, at times it makes me feel very silly/ stupid. So thank you for offering me a different perspective.
PS I have been thinking of you every time I am reminded of the fires in California. I pray you and your loved ones are safe from harm.
Comment by Simone — November 19, 2018 @ 2:56 am
I loved hearing your voice and your wisdom. Thank you.
Comment by Elizabeth Aquino — November 19, 2018 @ 11:12 pm