When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
-Maxim Gorky, author (1868-1936)
Hey, bite me, Gorky.
If he hadn’t died when my Dad was four, and find him and kick ‘im right square in the roshambo. I mean, leave it to a communist to think life is so simple, so polar. Life is generally a joyful pain in the ass, whether you like your job or not. Sometimes, work is fun and you dread going home, and lying awake worrying about someone you love who’s sick or otherwise skating on thin ice over a deep pond of poo. Sometimes work sucks all day, and you step out into the parking lot with the sun going down softly in eucalyptus trees, and the crows flying over looking for someplace to sleep, and you just can’t help but thank God for all you have. Including your crummy job.
So Gorky, you geek, you missed the point. No fault of mine.
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