Work In Progress 1: A grinding halt

“This book, being about work, is, by its very nature, about violence – to the spirit as well as to the body…It is, above all (or beneath all), about daily humiliation. To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us.” — Working, Studs Terkel For the small…

Work In Progress 2: Unifinished business

“The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced with a new one: who does not obey shall not eat.” – The Revolution Betrayed, Leon Trotsky Francis X. (Aged 46, lawyer) “My response is as follows: 1. A lack of quality moments in life (moments of connection, gratitude, love and joy…

Work In Progress 3: Be here now

“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours … In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty…