"When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music.
Always you have been told that work is a curse and labour a misfortune. But I say to you that when you work you fulfil a part of the earths furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born.
And in keeping yourself with labour you are in truth loving life.
And to love life through labour is to be intimate with lives inmost secret."
"The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran (thanks for lending me the book Peter!)
This sets an incredible perspective on work, don't you think? When you work, are you loving life.