Your work will never love you back, they say
Yet many of us go on “loving” our work every day
To the exclusion of everything else in our lives
If we did not love what we did, how would we thrive
In the professional world, and in the personal too
Because our lives are reflections of what we do
Work provides meaning, sustenance and identity
We think loving our work would set us free
From the tyranny of making a living
Work is the precious gift that keeps on giving..
So we cling tenaciously to work, making it the center of attention
Of our lives, making ourselves of our work an extension
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Work does not love you back no matter how much you invest
In this relationship, therefore it is best
Not to love work to such an extent
That others around you begin to resent
Your immersion in work to the exclusion
Of everything else, steer away from the illusion
That your relevance lies in the work that you do
Like your work but love the people around you
Passion...unbridled 