{"id":1407,"date":"2013-02-06T11:11:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dailyjoys\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2013-02-03T17:23:03","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T22:23:03","slug":"whats-love-got-to-do-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailyjoys\/2013\/02\/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it.html","title":{"rendered":"What’s LOVE Got to Do With It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s timelessly been said that if you love the labor of your hands – you’ll never “work” a day in your life.\u00a0 I believe that work and the concept of work has been maligned.\u00a0 Work and play are natural partners.\u00a0 There is no reason for the work of your hands, labor, “work,” to equate with drudgery and dread.\u00a0 Certainly if what you are passionate about is the way you learn your living…you have gone a long way toward making your work your passion.\u00a0 Neil Gaiman has something significant to say about this. I said in LIVE WITH INTENTION – Do what you love.\u00a0 Indeed.\u00a0 Do.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s timelessly been said that if you love the labor of your hands – you’ll never “work” a day in your life.\u00a0 I believe that work and the concept of work has been maligned.\u00a0 Work and play are natural partners.\u00a0 There is no reason for the work of your hands, labor, “work,” to equate with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[744,742,10,733,741,715,743],"class_list":["post-1407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-joys","tag-do-what-you-love","tag-labor-of-your-hands","tag-mary-anne-radmacher","tag-neil-gaiman","tag-play","tag-work","tag-work-as-play"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat's LOVE Got to Do With It? - Daily Joys and Simple Pleasures<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailyjoys\/2013\/02\/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What's LOVE Got to Do With It? 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