I ran across something interesting called "The Master Word." It's about a word that will work wonders for a person regardless of his age, or what he does with his days. Man, woman or child, the master word will bring meaning and usefulness into his or her life, new clarity and self-respect and satisfaction into the passing days.
This was written by the great physician, Sir William Osler:
"Thoug little, the master word looms large in meaning. It is the 'open sesame' to every portal, the great equalizer, the philosopher's stone which transmutes all base metal of humanity into gold. The stupid it will make bright, the bright brilliant, and the brilliant steady. To youth it brings hope, to the middle-aged confidence, to the aged repose."
Well - the master word is - WORK!
I've talked about this before, but it's been said that we need reminding as much as we need educating. Human beings have the strangest and most perverse tendency to take the best parts of life for granted. In fact, the human being has the capacity to take anything, no matter how great it might be, for granted - once he becomes used to it. The actor in front of the cameras, the captain of a great ocean liner, the man at the controls of a giant earth-moving machine, the writer, the painter, the mother, all seem to let the charm and excitement of their work fade after a while until it becomes as humdrum to them as candling eggs.
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