Finding Balance

Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.

~Jessye Norman

Burrowing Owl: taken at African Lion Safari in September 2010

There are people who live to work and people who work to live. The problem is, the first kind of people believe that the second kind of people are somehow inferior. And the second kind of people feel resentment and pity for the first kind of people.

I belong to the second group. Work is a necessity. It is a requirement of subsistence. I do my job to the best of my ability. I strive to meet and/or exceed expectations. But, work is what I do eight hours a day, five days a week.

Living is how I spend the rest of my time.