It's nice being back in school. By the time I quit school a few years ago, I didn't appreciate it. I was burned out. But I'm motivated now. I'm going at it with purpose. It feels good to work at something meaningful, something that will improve me and my resume.
According to Max Weber, Protestants have been imbued with a work ethic unlike any other culture. Protestants believe that work is good for its own sake, but it also provides the person with happiness and wealth, the ability to buy things -- which, in turn, help provide happiness. When one isn't working, the devil may slip in and work his evil charms.
I have a deep-rooted sense of this Protestant work ethic. It has been very hard for me over the past couple of years not having steady work. I've felt unsettled, unsatisfied, unhappy.
But now I feel I have something to work for, some specific goal, some self-improvement, some way to bring me closer to whatever higher purpose my life is eventually destined to serve. For I do believe that I am supposed to do something big, something meaningful, something significant. Perhaps this is narcissism, but I prefer to look at it as a healthy selfishness.
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