Long May You Labor at Something You Love

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Long may you labor at something you love,
Awakening daily to passion and pleasure,
Blessed to find joy both in work and in leisure,
Obliged to move mountains you most want to move.
Remember that work is defined by the heart,
Delightful or not as the laborer chooses.
All life is a game that one wins or one loses,
Yielding what one would with will and with art.

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Audio and Video Music: Peace Within. By Peter Rudenko. Performed by Peter Rudenko
at the Free Music Archive under an Attribution license.

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