The Gift of Love
And what is it to work with love?
It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn
from your own heart,
even as if your beloved
were to wear that cloth.
It is to charge all things you fashion
with a breath of your own spirit,
Work is love made visible
And if you cannot work with love but only
with distaste, it is better that you should
leave your work and sit at the gate of the
temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
—Kahlil Gibran3
Asked about the secret of her leadership, Mother Teresa answered, “Small work with great love.”4 Love is the true hallmark of great leaders—love for their work and for those with whom they work. Pressures of task and the bottom line often crowd out personal needs that people ...
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