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Work Is Love Made Visible
Read the poem by Kahlil Gibran before or after reading this post.
I was driving to work one day and decided to listen to this Mindvalley meditation about work. It was a 45-minute drive, so I always took it as a chance to listen to meditations, podcasts, or music, depending on what I felt I needed.
It was a poetic meditation where Vishen Lakhiani literally just read Kahlil Gibran’s poem called Work from the book “The Prophet.”
I read The Prophet in college and couldn’t remember the poem. “Maybe it’s time to reread it,” I told myself.
Then, I just remembered the whole bunch of book purchases I made that are slowly filling up my shelves, but I still haven’t had a chance to finish reading. Most of them, I don’t even have the time to start reading.
“Maybe later than sooner,” I told myself again.
I listened.
It was a beautiful poem.
“Work is love made visible” is the line that sums up everything described in the poem.
The most effective care that one could give as a pediatric home care nurse or any nurse is to care with love. It doesn’t have to be added to the nursing care plan.
