Of Learned Pleasure

I admire those who work long after the need to has passed. Read this line here at Raining Iguanas…

They do not watch the clock

Or keep a list of ‘give’

To tally how much is enough

…they simply love to live

They do not think in terms

Of ‘barest minimum’

But lay the ground-work for a world

Of seasons yet to come

No half-hearted attempts

No job too big or small

For they have understood the good

In answering The Call

 

…and from their heart and soul

This pleasure they have learned

Will ever be a greater joy

Than any dollar earned

© Janet Martin

I had the privilege of being raised in a home where the love of work was something we learned from a whistling dad and a singing mother.

The quote in the photo was taught patiently.