Comments on: Labor Day Aloha http://talkingstory.org/2009/09/labor-day-aloha/ Starting new conversations in the workplace! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:11:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rosa Say http://talkingstory.org/2009/09/labor-day-aloha/comment-page-1/#comment-3112 Rosa Say Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:32:50 +0000 http://talkingstory.org/?p=2157#comment-3112 Thank you for sharing this Kris, I LOVE it! <blockquote>One’s vocation, says Frederick Buechner, is “where your deep passion meets the world’s deep hunger.”</blockquote> For me, it connects so well to another mantra that reminds us “life is not a solo proposition: We human beings were not meant to live alone.” I am afraid I do not know who to attribute it to, but it got the concept of “servant leadership” to make more sense to me in much the same way the Buechner quote resonates: We hunger within our need for shared humanity, whether at work, with our families, and within our friendships - in all our community associations. Thank you for sharing this Kris, I LOVE it!

One’s vocation, says Frederick Buechner, is “where your deep passion meets the world’s deep hunger.”

For me, it connects so well to another mantra that reminds us “life is not a solo proposition: We human beings were not meant to live alone.” I am afraid I do not know who to attribute it to, but it got the concept of “servant leadership” to make more sense to me in much the same way the Buechner quote resonates: We hunger within our need for shared humanity, whether at work, with our families, and within our friendships – in all our community associations.

]]> By: Rosa Say http://talkingstory.org/2009/09/labor-day-aloha/comment-page-1/#comment-3111 Rosa Say Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:25:48 +0000 http://talkingstory.org/?p=2157#comment-3111 I am not surprised that one resonated with you Ulla, for you demonstrate your leaps with personal involvement so well: I love how you so willingly share your lessons learned with the rest of us. I am not surprised that one resonated with you Ulla, for you demonstrate your leaps with personal involvement so well: I love how you so willingly share your lessons learned with the rest of us.

]]> By: Rosa Say http://talkingstory.org/2009/09/labor-day-aloha/comment-page-1/#comment-3110 Rosa Say Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:23:37 +0000 http://talkingstory.org/?p=2157#comment-3110 That's so great Anne: We need the scene you describe at every workplace which exists - and working joy is a great contagion: It does rub off positively on customers, and everyone else who encounters it - just as it did on you! That’s so great Anne: We need the scene you describe at every workplace which exists – and working joy is a great contagion: It does rub off positively on customers, and everyone else who encounters it – just as it did on you!

]]> By: Kris Girrell http://talkingstory.org/2009/09/labor-day-aloha/comment-page-1/#comment-3109 Kris Girrell Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:45:08 +0000 http://talkingstory.org/?p=2157#comment-3109 Rosa - I'm with you - I love work. I remember long ago a client of mine saying, "work is work or they wouldn't call it work." I felt so sad for him, because then, as is still true today, I get up every morning almost giggling that someone is actually going to pay me to do what I love! Our passion in life is helping others find the path to that same state. In the spiritual side of the employment world, they talk about "vocation" as opposed to career. One's vocation, says Frederick Buechner, is "where your deep passion meets the world’s deep hunger." I’ve found my vocation. It is clear, Rosa, that you have found yours - how many others can say they have? - Kris Girrell, Sr. Partenr, Camden Consulting Group, a CPI Partner Rosa – I’m with you – I love work. I remember long ago a client of mine saying, “work is work or they wouldn’t call it work.” I felt so sad for him, because then, as is still true today, I get up every morning almost giggling that someone is actually going to pay me to do what I love! Our passion in life is helping others find the path to that same state. In the spiritual side of the employment world, they talk about “vocation” as opposed to career. One’s vocation, says Frederick Buechner, is “where your deep passion meets the world’s deep hunger.” I’ve found my vocation. It is clear, Rosa, that you have found yours – how many others can say they have? – Kris Girrell, Sr. Partenr, Camden Consulting Group, a CPI Partner

]]> By: Ulla Hennig http://talkingstory.org/2009/09/labor-day-aloha/comment-page-1/#comment-3105 Ulla Hennig Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:49:31 +0000 http://talkingstory.org/?p=2157#comment-3105 Rosa, I love that sentence: "Your work life is what you make it. Everything starts and ends with You." So very true! Rosa,
I love that sentence: “Your work life is what you make it. Everything starts and ends with You.” So very true!

]]> By: Anne http://talkingstory.org/2009/09/labor-day-aloha/comment-page-1/#comment-3103 Anne Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:26:02 +0000 http://talkingstory.org/?p=2157#comment-3103 Wonderful post, Rosa!! I'm printing it out and putting in my MWA book! I went shopping today and I noticed how upbeat the clerks were at the three stores I went to...I think they were HAPPY to "Labor to-Day", happy that they HAD a job! I was happy for them, too! Wonderful post, Rosa!! I’m printing it out and putting in my MWA book!
I went shopping today and I noticed how upbeat the clerks were at the three stores I went to…I think they were HAPPY to “Labor to-Day”, happy that they HAD a job! I was happy for them, too!

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