OVERWORK
By Uriah J. Fields

Overwork - work too hard, too long
or to exhaustion - is more widespread
today than at any time during modern
history, despite technology that provides
workers with numerous gadgets and
conveniences. In part, this is attributed
to workers' craving to accumulate stuff
and/or  having the  illusion  that  the
American Dream can be theirs if they
work   hard  enough. This  axiom  "A
woman's work is never done," no longer
applies solely to the female. It applies
as well to the male worker.

For many workers to overdo has become
the norm. The consequences of too much
work are many but these three are the
most notable or self-destructive ones: (1)
enjoying life less or not at all, (2) being
debilitated, afflicted with maladies in the
prime years or before, and (3) acceleration
of one's demise, dying much too soon.

It is true  that overwork often enables
a person to be more productive, at least
for a short while, earn more money,
accumulate more stuff, increase one's
power or popularity. But to enjoy life less,
become debilitated, and die prematurely,
are too great a price for a person to pay
for the fruit of hardwork. Furthermore,
many hardworkers, in the end if not before,
spend much of their financial resources
for medical treatrment. But even if at death
they  have  unspent  wealth, it  is  good
to ponder  the  truth  of  this  axiom  that
aptly states: "You have never seen a
u-haul behind a hearse."

Enjoy life.
Be fully-functioning.
Live all your promise years.

Copyright 2012 by Uriah J. Fields