loggers and players

who says work cant be fun?

most of us live an unfulfilling life because we pursue the kind of work on the basis of its monetary compensation and the availability of that work at the time we look for it. they call it pragmatism. others say "kapit sa patalim." no other choice. then we end up being burnt out. and complain.

however, do we really need to end up this way? the day we went to the mountain of aoki sensei in shiozawa, i realized that work should not necessarily be a an infliction of unnecessary pains. the logging work i did was not the type of work i am doing right now, but doing that for the first time gave me an idea that a work could be fun. i now understood why PBA players would love to play basketball for the rest of their lives. in our case, after cutting those trees, we had to move them down the hill by sliding them in the snow. twas heavy, and heavy work indeed. but what made me do it? for one, like the basketball players, we played the work. two, like the PBA team, we worked with fun. and third, like any PBA individual player, it was something i liked to do, and be doing. why not just be a logger for the rest of my life?

having a light spirited friends as a company, aoki sensei, gary and i sang our hearts out as we walked back home in the snow. la la la la, whooo. who said work cant be fun?