written April 2018
Work is not: ruling it over people. Work is a desert project
Developing a desert, drawing out its potential. Its potential – to turn into an oasis.
So go and find your desert.
Water it with tender care, and leave the miracle to God.
And heed this warning, all you workers:
Once you seek to establish your power, whatever you do stops being
True work, and turns into
Just another of all the world’s
vast vanities… Centuries later, ruins
Will still tell of them.
But there’s a great reward awaiting
For every cup of water that was
Given to the least, to the very least of all,
Who looked at you, along your way,
With thirsty eyes.