Bite-Sized Philosophy

Kahlil Gibran On Finding Love In The Work You Do

How Our Perspective Changes The Nature Of Work Itself

R. C. Abbott
3 min readJul 16, 2021

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A screenshot from Jean-luc Godard’s Alphaville. A woman with shiny black hair and thick mascara stares into the camera. The subtitle reads: Away, away, says hate; Closer, closer, says love.
Photo credit: Criterion Babe. Alphaville 1965, Jean-luc Godard.

In his miraculous (and very short) novel The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran tells the story of Amlustafa, a fictional prophet about to leave the town he has lived in for twelve years. The townsfolk are sad to see him go and seek to ask for…

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