Kahlil Gibran - The Prophet - Chapter 7

"...to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of life's procession, that marches in majesty and proud submission towards the infinite." Our society is a working society, and if one does not work, they are a stranger to that society.  To work is to be human.  To be human is to work. If we did not work, if we were idle, what purpose would we have to get through the long days?  What would motivate us to wake-up in the mornings? I know sometimes it is a struggle to wake-up and face a work day.  I go through this often, in fact.  It is especially difficult to go to work during an episode of depression, as what is lacking most is motivation to even get out of the bed.  Yet, if I did not work, who would I be?  If someone asked me, "What do you do?", what would I tell them?  So, to continue to contribute to society and do my part, I go to work.  Sometimes I shudder to think I have more than 30 years left of this, but that is my lot in life, as it is everyone else's.  I've had daydreams of having enough money to modestly live on so that I wouldn't have to work, and instead have time to read, swim, socialize with the pets and family, gain more knowledge and wisdom, educate myself further and just enjoy life.  Wouldn't it be nice?