I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave. --Joseph CampbellA bit extreme maybe, but mostly true, I think. I've never understood people doing work they hate-- unless they are forced because of their situation-- in the pursuit of wealth, even though I see it around me everyday. How many corporate lawyers and finance people have I met in New York that hate their work but go in everyday because the paycheck is nice? It seems like such a soulless life, one where their humanity is not tested, so therefore their humanity becomes deadened and conventional. Life soon becomes a series of tasks in search of nothing...
I think that's what Joseph Campbell is saying here: to live a life that fosters humanity within ourselves and others-- whatever that may mean to you-- gives our narratives meaning. Anything less, is just a form of slavery.
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